Elon Musk’s rejection of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) scores as a “scam” highlights how Wall Street’s hottest investment trend that encompasses some $35 trillion in assets means different…
The last couple of years have been devastating on multiple counts; we lost many activists, journalists, intellectuals and writers. Mubashir Hasan and Mehdi Hasan – cousins – were two of…
Lock down or die. Lockdown or economy. Lockdown or jobs. Lockdown or lives. These were the debates prevalent. World over and in Pakistan, from experts to individuals, the over whelming…
The real test of leadership or the character of a leader emerges only when faced with challenges emanating from the unknown. In the last quarter of 2019, all of us…
In this article, we are highlighting the ideas of the great thinker, philosopher and poet, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, on economics and taxation. He is popularly praised and acknowledged as Musawwir-e-Pakistan…
ANYONE who makes New Year’s resolutions and believes that such promises will be kept is halfway to becoming a politician. Resolutions (like the second marriages of Winston Churchill’s definition) are…
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." This is a principle that never fails to prove true. However, this is a principle rarely followed by most in the less…
AFTER appointing Muadh Ibn Jabal as governor of Yemen, the Holy Prophet (PBUH) asked him how he would govern if he did not find a clear ruling in the Holy…
WHENEVER there is an event that shocks us — the lynching of Mashal Khan, the murders of the two brothers in Sialkot, the gruesome killing of Priyantha Kumara, and even the events…
According to the World Bank, Pakistan's current tax-to-GDP ratio at 12.4% is one of the lowest in the world. With respect to some estimates, it is still half of what…
