Avoid the narrow path
In the 1960s, Pakistan was considered to be a promising country on its way to becoming a ‘model’ of economic development for the rest of the developing countries, in particular…
Sardar Khair Bakhsh Marri
Khair Bakhsh Marri is no more. He was my brother-in-law. I did not always share his political views. But I always admired his personal and political character. If the Pakhtun…
Police revamp
India’s police are still governed by the Police Act, 1861. There has been no dearth of committees on police reforms after independence — only a worrisome dearth of any will…
A historic day
This is a continuation of my last two columns containing facts about our nuclear programme. Here I am producing the second part of Ghulam Ishaq’s letter. “Some foreign countries, with…
A self-defeating advice
PTI chairman Imran Khan has again advised the military leadership to review its decision of an operation against Al-Qaeda-linked foreign and local militants in the troubled tribal areas. Ironically, his…
Where will he stop?
At a press conference last Wednesday following Nawaz Sharif’s return from Delhi, Sartaj Aziz claimed that although it was “essentially a ceremonial occasion”, the actual result and outcome of the…
Problem spots
Amidst all the hype, there are some serious problem spots in the economy which have been glossed over. To start off with, the GDP growth rate has plummeted to three…
More growth, more taxes – III
The realistic and correct working of tax gaps in Pakistan is not possible unless the quantum of loss of revenue of trillions of rupees caused by all governments since the…
Political oligopoly
Oligopoly is a term used in economics to define the dominance of the market by a small number of large firms that can collude to control the supply and determine…
When bravado is not enough
Befuddled official responses to the gravest of crises seem to be the order of the day but the latest challenge posed by the continued discovery of polio cases in Pakistan…
