Economic injustices and their consequences
Vision as the sense of sight is to be roundly disparaged in recent years particularly by those dismayed by modernity. Mounting social injustices and intensifying disarray within Pakistan should have…
Vision as the sense of sight is to be roundly disparaged in recent years particularly by those dismayed by modernity. Mounting social injustices and intensifying disarray within Pakistan should have…
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced the long-awaited national security policy yesterday, focusing on the operational aspects of governmental response to the threat of violent extremism. Much of what…
An important issue for the WTO tribunal (Dispute Settlement Body: DSB) is how to interpret the trade agreements under WTO. The dispute is generally rooted in conflicting understanding of the…
The extending of extraordinary tax-free benefits to the powerful classes, failure to tap actual tax potential, indulgence in wasteful expenditure and funding of inefficient public sector enterprises are continuously pushing…
Now that we have a National Internal Security Policy, we should expect some clarity in the establishment’s plan to deal with the Taliban and other terrorist outfits. There is this…
Recent weeks have seen much debate on privatisation in Pakistan. When the old chestnut — ‘it is not the business of government to be in business’ — is trotted out,…
THEY don’t want trade. And Nawaz has given them what they want. They’re all trying to play it down. You’ll see; we’ll get this done. Just wait a bit. What’s…
Why is Pakistan under siege? If this siege is to be done away with what is likely to be the outcome for the population. Has the political system any role…
By inciting revolt in Ukraine the Western countries have put themselves in a difficult situation, provoking a measured yet aggressive response from Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin had watched quietly…
As Moscow and the West dig in for a prolonged stand-off over Russia's annexation of Crimea, risking spillover to other former Soviet republics and beyond, here are 10 ways in…