NAB’s anti-corruption drive
Countering corruption, rent-seeking, black money and tax evasion is a daunting task in Pakistan “The institutional structure of Pakistan’s economy is designed to generate rents for the elite at the…
Other people’s money
Of all the questions that are before us at the moment, there is one that needs to be asked first. What is the source of the funds revealed in the…
Indigenous Indian education
India was portrayed by the colonisers as a dark and mysterious land where people were illiterate and uncultured. The positional superiority enjoyed by the British enabled them to construct a…
International gangsterism
A mere two months after clashes between black youth and police in Baltimore following the murder of Freddie Gray while in police custody, President Obama’s Department of Justice (DOJ) announced…
The crime of energy
The global energy scenario is undergoing profound changes on several accounts. First, the oil prices have dropped, making it relatively uneconomical to invest in new oil shale oil and gas…
Taxes for growth
Devising an efficient tax model for corporate growth requires an analytical study of irritants in tax codes, procedures and implementation processes Unfortunately, no serious effort has ever been made in…
Sindh’s LG woes
There has been much fanfare about the recently elected local governments. However, the newly elected chairmen of Sindh’s municipal committees, town committees and union councils will regrettably be taking over…
An undefeatable enemy?
We have heard about the new set of ‘heroes’ at the Bacha Khan University, the young men and women who were felled by bullets and their teacher who took up…
Gaps in responses
THE wounds of last year’s terrorist attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar are still fresh and cause for renewing our resolve to finish the job of securing Pakistan’s…
It’s time to blame the PM!
I give up! In all fairness I can no longer blame the Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar for his flawed economic policies that have finally come home to roost two…
