Eidee given by new govt
A belated Eid Mubarak from me to our readers, a delay that was necessitated as my column appears on Monday. The question for Pakistanis today is the eidee, if any,…
A belated Eid Mubarak from me to our readers, a delay that was necessitated as my column appears on Monday. The question for Pakistanis today is the eidee, if any,…
The people of Pakistan have given their verdict - PML (N) in Punjab, Balochistan and the Centre, PTI and JI in KPK and PPP and MQM in Sindh. Once again…
Economists have steered clear of behaviour in attempting to analyse economic doings. Yet at the heart of the action is the work of humans. The economic structure and functioning of…
How politicking overrides all other considerations was proved yet again; while the government and the opposition remained focused on the presidential election, the exchange value of the rupee kept sliding…
The militant attack on the ISI office in Sukkur earlier in the week underlined the need for a comprehensive counterterrorism strategy. And how do we respond? We reignite the debate…
Not surprisingly, no fresh initiative has emerged from the high-profile visit of the US Secretary of State John Kerry other than a reiteration of assistance to the construction of the…
In earlier articles I have stressed the critically important role of education in the process of democracy. In Pakistan we have seen a sinister plot at work in which political…
The Pak-US relationship has seen many ups and downs over the years, but not to the extent that was witnessed after the 2011 Salala incident. Although efforts have been made…
About 90pc of Karachi’s population uses water supplied by the sole public water service provider, the Karachi Water & Sewerage Board (KWSB). The KWSB is presently struggling to survive as…
The last few years have seen our nation being bestowed with several not-so-flattering epithets. Either we are ‘the most dangerous nation’ or ‘the most resilient nation’. We annually grace the…