Not Peshawar anymore
With the closure of the city’s only cosmopolitan hotel, the Pearl Continental, Peshawar is indeed poorer. The closure comes as a telling sign of the real impact the war against…
When rivers go berserk
IN days of yore, those living in the hills had a unique way of foretelling upstream natural phenomena from the colour of the water in rivers flowing downstream. While bluish…
The slow war
The Battle of the Somme in the First World War took place between July 1 and Nov 18, 1916. It was a grisly conflict, made near and proximate by the…
The imperative of subversion
The passing of the so-called ‘Fair Trial’ Bill in the National Assembly this past week should have raised eyebrows. Notwithstanding its name, the legislation will empower state agencies to intercept…
A social revolution
Western media coverage of the revolutions in the Arab world, has presented a divide between Muslims and secular leftists. This differentiation between the good, safe Arabs and the scary fundamentalist,…
High road to salvation
IS the flicker of light at the end of the tunnel coming from a stable source of energy? Will the signs of national accord on bringing the constitution into harmony…
A roof for all public servants
The major factor fuelling corruption is that public servants dread their life after retirement. Remaining honest and depending on their meagre savings and pension means they cannot maintain the same…
VAT
It seems that the stage has been finally set to replace the existing Sales Tax Law with the VAT with effect from 1st July, 2010 as the World Bank experts,…
Pakistan on a shrink’s couch
Diagnosing the mental health of a nation is just as tricky as diagnosing an individual with a personality disorder. But while psychiatrists are trained and experienced in treating their patients,…
