Poverty and fear of gangs drive young immigrants to US
Diego Canil Ordonez was just 16 years old when he realised he needed to get out of Guatemala after gang members arrived at the store where he worked to shake…
Low voter turnout casts shadow on Egyptian charter approval
Low voter turnout in a referendum on Egypt's Islamist-backed draft constitution calls into question the credibility of the document, said analysts Sunday, shortly after unofficial results showed that the draft…
The selfish state
Crises erupt, the government fire-fights, things settle back down: we’ve seen it a million times before, right? At least that’s what logic traced on the historical record suggests. It’s always…
The triumph of evil?
Nothing short of an epochal event will do. The Supreme Court, many believe, is involved in a self-immolation act. Some wonder why the apex court judges are slavishly seized with…
The case against Musharraf
IN the last six decades a significant number of so-called state leaders have been prosecuted and brought before various domestic and international courts and tribunals for their official and unofficial…
Substandard medicine
At least 89 people, according to the official count — and 114 by unofficial estimates —have died after consuming reportedly substandard or contaminated medicines in Punjab. While the official inquiry…
Xmas and the city
Only a Russian deputy foreign minister could insult with such diplomatic finesse, and leave no bruises. `You send delegations from Pakistan every few months to us. From your National Defence…
Wanted
To be penniless is one thing, to be penniless and unoriginal, entirely another. Having been bled for every last dollar, the Pakistani state is embarrassing itself as it is wont…
Investment prospects
Last week, the China Development Research Foundation, a body directly linked to China`s State Council, hosted a roundtable in Beijing on `Accelerating China-Pakistan Economic Partnership`. Uniquely, this unofficially initiated roundtable,…
The internal challenge
Has the time come for the Congress high command to issue notices to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his virtual deputy Pranab Mukherjee and his principal interlocutor for officially unofficial dialogue…
