Seven for seventeen
It's set up to be the year of Nawaz. Enemies vanquished, rivals sidelined; a clear path to 2018 and beyond. What could go wrong? Plenty. And in this age of…
It's set up to be the year of Nawaz. Enemies vanquished, rivals sidelined; a clear path to 2018 and beyond. What could go wrong? Plenty. And in this age of…
Today prominent members of the cabinet as well as Punjab cabinet ministers are not only using the state's resources (our tax money) and time on defending the Prime Minister and…
It started as leaked details but it has hit the world in a big way. Pakistan is one of those countries where the Panama Papers have had an impact on…
n the wake of pronouncement on December 9, 2016 of five-member bench of Supreme Court (SC) that fresh proceedings before a new bench in Panama case against the Prime Minister…
Long before the publication of 'Panama Papers', many cases of unlawful capital outflows, tax avoidance and corruption by public officeholders and others were cited in these columns. However, National Accountability…
Whenever in trouble the Sharifs have always successfully fought for time, delaying things till the problem dies a natural death. This time despite filibustering for months the government could not…
PM is not named in the Panama Leaks…Alhamdolillah, Allah be praised. Nawaz Sharif, looking pious and an innocent expression drawn across his countenance, repeated this line in his latest address…
Islamabad diary On the financial side the Panama revelations have only confirmed what we already knew…that Nawaz Sharif and family have wealth stashed abroad and have prized property in central…
Pakistan’s history of financial scandals offers little hope of the Panama leaks’ controversy finally provoking a tightening of the noose around the rich and the mighty. The ultimate fate of…
MAKE it stop. Someone make it stop. It has to stop, right? Right? It can’t go on forever. Or can it? Please no. Help. Someone — anyone — help. The…