Protests and private schools
By the time today’s newspaper gets delivered and read, a handful of angry parents would have assembled at Liberty roundabout to hold a protest against fee hikes by private schools…
An aimless central bank
In 1997, while proposing to the then government changes in the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Act to strengthen SBP autonomy and define and legislate the scope and mechanism of…
Pakistan’s development dilemma
With all that hype about the future of development based on the utterings of our front line ministers, they are aglow with the future outcome but no one seems to…
Texas judge’s immigration rebuke may be hard to challenge
President Barack Obama's administration faces a difficult and possibly lengthy legal battle to overturn a Texas court ruling that blocked his landmark immigration overhaul, since the judge based his decision…
Privatisation and Disinvestment
The Chairman of the Privatisation Commission (PC) insists that proceeds of disinvesting state equity in UBL and ABL in markets abroad were used to repay the external debt (not fund…
View Point: A baffling reluctance to act
That the political leadership remains long on the rhetoric and short on action in countering the scourge of terrorism is plain from two reports appearing in Tuesdays papers: One about…
The law in day-to-day life
We begin by understanding the meaning of the term, "Equality", which is a condition of possessing substantially the same rights, privileges and immunities and being liable to substantially the same…
Obama’s legacy
The announcement by the Obama administration that it will seek congressional authorisation to expand the war on Isis in Syria and possibly send more heavy weapons to its client government…
A welcome thaw
Baloch leader Brahmdagh Bugti’s statement, expressing readiness for talks, was a welcome development which was greeted by everyone wanting an end to the nearly decade-long bloodshed in the province. While…
Convenient’ taxation
Last week, at a function to announce the discovery of substantial gold, silver, copper and iron reserves in a 2,000 square miles area around Chiniot, while the Prime Minister rightly…
