The expendables
When there is excess labour, compared to capital, the price (or wage) that labour can command, in a capitalist market-based system, will be low. There is no guarantee that the…
The art of standing still
The condition of inertia can have many downfalls. It slows down circulation, leads to a variety of health problems – and quite obviously holds back progress. Things become even more…
The fourth transition
With Tassaduq Hussain Jillani’s elevation to chief justice of Pakistan, the country has completed a third transition this year. A historic political transition saw power transferred from one elected government…
Funny the way we run things
Only after a madressah in Rawalpindi’s Raja Bazaar went up in flames (11 people dead from rifle fire and many more injured, a few critically), and only after returning from…
A woman’s burden
“It is now more dangerous to be a woman than to be a soldier in modern conflict; and to be a poor woman even outside the theatre of war is…
Managing economic risk
Having entered its sixth month in office, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government has to deal decisively with a number of urgent economic challenges even as it has taken the necessary…
The greatest gift
Allah has blessed humanity with innumerable bounties to be grateful for. But the most important of them all is the human body itself. A body with all its organs intact…
Fall of the rupee
Why is the Pakistani currency depreciating so rapidly vis-à-vis foreign currencies? How can this trend be arrested? What is the future outlook for Pakistan’s currency? These questions must be addressed…
Systemic reforms
The PM has announced his six-point agenda for not only the youths of this country but also to kick start the economy. Cynics might say one thing or another but…
Beyond breaking the bowl
The $5.3 billion (which may go up by $2 billion) staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund is a classic case of borrowing afresh to work off the current debt.…
