Who will bell the cat?
Traffic accidents have been the most disturbing news in the past weeks. There was this unfortunate accident in which a young woman ran over a father and daughter after hitting…
Govt has no business being in business
Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb in a televised speech this Tuesday cleared the air on IMF (International Monetary Fund) delays, saying that assurances of external financing from three friendly countries…
Hypocrisy & hysteria
ONE of Vladimir Putin’s characteristic traits is an ability to drive the West nuts. The Russian president’s military mobilisation on the borders of Ukraine — up to 135,000 well-equipped troops,…
A potential game changer
WHILE the global textile and apparel industry is in the process of moving into total digital transformation, Pakistani industry is struggling with basic workplace safety issues. So how can the…
As opium is to heroin addicts
ROMILA Thapar delivered yet another magisterial lecture on history last week. Titled ‘Our history. Their history. Whose history?’, the 91-year-old professor wove the theme around a quote from Eric Hobsbawn…
Stifled ambitions
MODERN Karachi is more than another city; it is another country with its own vibrant economy. Avoid approaching it via the Lyari Expressway, no matter how persuasive your GPS is.…
Exciting year ahead
IT makes perfect sense for Imran Khan to keep things on the boil; what is mind-boggling is that the government and the establishment too are making it easy for the…
Basest instincts
A SENIOR lawyer was recently shot dead inside the Peshawar High Court bar room. Even more recently, the Lahore Bar Council elections witnessed the worst possible aerial firing by the…
Coal: a losing bet
IN a power sector grappling with crises and conundrums, where opinions and proposed solutions diverge, one unifying consensus emerges — the imperative for change. The status quo remains untenable, demanding…
Contaminated Lahore
PAKISTANI cities are highly mismanaged. Their governing structures are opaque, centralised, and rigidly bureaucratic. As a result, they do not cater to the needs of large swathes of their residents.…
