The WTO: decisions and constraints
The selection of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, a Nigerian national, as the director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is significant for at least two reasons. She is the first woman to…
Sponsoring terrorism
A DOSSIER released by Pakistan underscores how the Balochistan Liberation Army has been paid by the Indian government for each suicide attack, IED attack and targeted killing it has perpetrated…
It’s an opportunity
This was a good week for Pakistan. First, Modi made the faux pas of the decade by staying away from the Silk Road Summit; then India gave us an enormous…
Global efforts to curb tax avoidance
In the aftermath of the release of the "Paradise Papers", 200 delegates from 147 countries and jurisdictions met in Yaoundé, Cameroon recently for the 10th meeting of the Global Forum on…
Setting yet another dangerous precedent
Since taking oath as the president of the United States in January 2017, the incumbent of the Oval Office – Donald Trump – has taken a number of reckless decisions…
Money laundering – II
In the first article on this subject, carried by this newspaper on December 5, 2018, general definition and process of money laundering was described with reference to Pakistan's, India's, Britain's…
Trump’s wall
The Republican Party has long favored shrinking the federal government to the point at which it can be “drowned in the bathtub”, to use Grover Norquist’s colorful phrase. Tax cuts…
A moment of reflection
The Governor House Punjab in Lahore has been in the spotlight since the PTI government assumed power. Soon after it was opened to the public, which raised numerous questions about…
China’s global reach
In recent times, particularly after the official launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s aid and investments in overseas infrastructure projects have come under intense scrutiny. While the…
How to manage Pak-US ties
It has been one of the most difficult tasks for almost all successive governments in Pakistan to effectively manage relations with the US. Even though Pakistan has helped the US…
