Self-reliance: let the journey begin
The present government is rightly focused on the need to increase the rate of investment in the country to around 20 percent of the GDP, which is required to generate…
Bad inheritance
Following the May 11, 2013 elections, the PML-N leadership appointed Senator Ishaq Dar as the country’s finance minister, a portfolio he has held twice in the past. The finance minister…
INSC playing important role
International Nathiagali Summer Colleges (INSC) on physics and contemporary needs are being organised every year since 1976. The idea of holding these Colleges came from the distinguished Nobel Laureate, Professor…
Media treads the wrong path
AN excellent Asian Media Barometer tool has been developed by the Friedrich Ebert Siftung Foundation, a German political organisation that seeks to educate ordinary citizens about democracy and pluralism. The…
US tries to secure foothold in Africa’s upcoming boom
Barack Obama will land to not much fanfare from the South African public for his first trip to the country as US president. He comes at a time when South…
Obama connects with African youth
US President Barack Obama was met Saturday with songs, cheers and laughter from young South Africans at a university in the Soweto area of Johannesburg. Before he entered the room,…
A shambolic budget
The budget was passed with a majority vote this Thursday which, given the PML (N) strength in parliament as well as the constitutional amendment stipulating that a national assembly member…
Rs500 billion
Rs500 billion divided by 360 days comes close to Rs1.5 billion a day every day of the year. Rs500 billion divided among each and every Pakistani family comes to Rs17,000…
Whither the state?
“We believe in dialogue but it should not be frivolous. Asking us to lay down arms is a joke”, said TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud in December 2012. He further stated…
Qatar’s new emir faces tough balancing act
Having become Qatar's new emir in an unprecedented power transfer in the Gulf region, Tamim bin Hamad faces a tough political balancing act, analysts say, as his small emirate seeks…
