VIEW POINT: Afghan President’s outburst
Talking to journalists in the aftermath of a string of Taliban bombings in civilian areas that left scores of people dead and hundreds wounded during the last few days, Afghan…
Financial inclusion and poverty
Private investment in Pakistan is low. What are the factors behind such a low rate of private investment? One doesn’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure out the…
Economic decisions outside economics
I was fortunate to have visited a garden in Japan where I had first-hand philosophical knowledge given to me by the owner of the garden. One which needs to be…
Accounting profession: an open letter
Dear Members of the Council of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan Karachi Objective The purpose of this letter, and the presentation, is to place before the Council of the…
With or without Mugabe, Zimbabwe still hostage to nationalism
When veteran Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe sacked his vice-president in front of 12,000 baying party members last week, Emmerson Mnangagwa sat quietly in the crowd, a green baseball cap pulled…
Double diplomatic collapse
PAKISTAN’S diplomatic initiatives with Afghanistan and India have both collapsed. Afghanistan’s President Ghani and Pakistan’s prime minister and army chief were sincere in desiring normalisation. The implicit bargain was that…
Plagiarism is but one symptom
Part - I Plagiarism continues to rear its head in our universities and the response is the – ‘dump on our professors’. Perhaps it is a part of our larger…
Economy: the reality gap
Never in the country's history have we witnessed and still witnessing such a wide reality gap on the performance of Pakistan's Economy. Interesting division appears to have taken place among…
Only way forward
BALOCHISTAN has become a quagmire. All parties to the bloody fight for the province seem locked into intractable positions. It is not surprising then that many playing key roles find…
More than lines on a map
THE candid admission by the leadership that the National Action Plan (NAP) rollout has serious impediments in its path is worrying. That a piecemeal implementation will barely address the symptoms…
