Internationally disowned persons
Although the UN has acknowledged the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic group in the Rakhine province of Burma (Myanmar), as ‘the most persecuted minority in the world’, yet the world community…
Economic anxiety
Pakistan's economic anxiety does not increase with only bad macro and micro indicators. Neither is it dependent on the loans that we get from the IMF and the WB. These…
Panama gripped by millionaire ex-president’s graft scandal
When he ran for office, Panama's former president Ricardo Martinelli promised graft-weary voters he would never steal a cent: Why would he need to, since he was already a millionaire?,…
VIEWPOINT: PTI turning into a family enterprise?
Speaking with journalists the other day at an Iftar reception, hosted by Arif Nizami as Chairman Aiwan-e-Iqbal, Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid could not but take a dig at PTI Chairman…
Digital democracy
Another Pakistani woman has done us proud. Nighat Dad, founder of the not-for-profit organisation Digital Rights Foundation, was recently named by Time magazine as one of its Next Generation Leaders.…
Political inequality
There is enormous focus these days on economic inequality, and for good reason. The gap between the top 1 percent and other Americans is growing, the middle class that built…
Despite ‘hello dictator’, EU struggles to curb Hungary’s Orban
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban took it as a joke but his supporters at home were furious when European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker saluted him with an audible "hello dictator"…
Reclaiming Fata
RECENTLY, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that Operation Zarb-i-Azb would continue till peace and tranquillity were permanently restored to Fata. The director general of ISPR, however, was more specific when…
Privatisation of DISCOS
The government is planning to privatise three electricity distribution companies (DISCOS) this year. This writer has been a vocal proponent for a deregulated, open market-based management of the Pakistan economy,…
Egypt destroys symbol of old regime but repression lives on
Metres from the epicentre of Egypt's uprising, bulldozers tear chunks of concrete and twisted metal from what remains of the headquarters of ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak's now disbanded party. During…
