Class and state
Hamza Alavi passed away 10 years ago this week. I was privileged to be involved in a gathering held in his memory some days ago at the university where I…
Commercial diplomacy
There have been many instances where Pakistan lost out on opportunities to establish a formidable presence in the global marketplace. More often than not, it was, and still is, the…
Outmoded counsel
FOR a brief moment last month, it seemed as if there might be the stirrings of a progressive wind blowing through the musty corridors of the Council of Islamic…
Outmoded counsel
For a brief moment last month, it seemed as if there might be the stirrings of a progressive wind blowing through the musty corridors of the Council of Islamic Ideology…
Decline of the Nehruvian
The spectre of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister and one of the three founders of the Non-Alignment Movement along with Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia and Gamal Abdel…
Badly wanted: MOU on terrorism
Since the glory days of the Zardari presidency, Pakistan’s premier industry, beating all others, has been the signing of MOUs (memorandums of understanding). The MOUs he signed with various countries…
Jinnah’s ideals
The recent rediscovery of two audio recordings of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s speeches, made in 1947, has once again restarted the debate about just what sort of vision the founder…
Pakistan Steel Mills: What the future holds?
Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) has been much in the news for the past decade or so and with cumulative losses soaring to over 100 billion rupees no coverage has understandably…
A record-setting presidency
Zardari’s term as president will come to an end today when president-elect Mamnoon Husain takes his oath of office. Zardari will then become the first democratically elected president in the…
Memo from the US…Wasting a crisis
The Nawaz government had a rare opportunity to fix the financial crisis bedevilling state-owned entities (SOEs). Did he not promise to appoint people of merit to head these SOEs? With…
