A ticking time bomb
On Monday, September 25, hundreds of students at the University of Sargodha (Lahore campus) blocked the Canal Road to protest non-issuance of their degrees. While the protests disrupted the city’s…
A tale of true friendship
Paulo Coelho de Souza, the Brazilian lyricist, eminent literary figure and winner of several international awards, described friendship in the following words: “friendship is not about whom you know the…
17 goals to transform the world
They key to success for transforming our country is to follow the UN development goals as our indigenous development agenda On September 25, the 193 members of UN General Assembly…
Mozambique gas projects raise risk of resource ‘curse’
Carlos Candido has been fishing in Mozambican waters for three decades, unaware until recently of huge gas deposits beneath the ocean floor. Now the gas wealth is about to released,…
Mozambique gas projects raise risk of resource ‘curse’
Carlos Candido has been fishing in Mozambican waters for three decades, unaware until recently of huge gas deposits beneath the ocean floor. Now the gas wealth is about to released,…
17 goals to transform the world
On September 25, the 193 members of UN General Assembly unanimously adopted Agenda 2030, titled “transforming our world”. Through this agenda commonly known as Sustainable Development Goals, the global leadership…
Misperceptions of IMF
The Executive Board of the IMF must be thanked once again for its very sympathetic eighth quarterly review of Pakistan, as part of the Extended Fund Facility. Two more waivers…
Challenges before Tax Commission
The government, in order to fulfil budget 2014 promise, notified a 20-member Tax Commission on September 25, 2014. The Commission has been asked to review and rationalise direct and indirect…
The Congress rout and the BJP gain
The main message from the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Delhi assembly elections is clear. The Congress stands routed and faces further decline. The Bharatiya Janata Party has made impressive…
Spying on ‘friends’
Prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Manmohan Singh had talks in a New York hotel last week and no doubt every word was recorded by the US National Security Agency (NSA).…
