Crossroads, again
Here’s a speech fit for a chief:“As you would remember, ever since I assumed office, I launched a campaign to rid the society of extremism, violence and terrorism and strived…
Purpose of life
Human existence is limited in time and space but it has a lofty purpose. Every religion highlights the purpose with guidance to achieve salvation. The understanding thereof is a must…
The economics of happiness
Economics is not about mathematical numbers. The WB/IMF would have us believe in the material aspects of the economy. All the Third World countries are enamoured by it as this…
Governance overhaul
When a building collapses in Pakistan — and sadly this happens often — and people lie there injured and dying, the inevitable debate begins about whether the building was constructed…
Less religion, more religion
STATES and societies are struggling to find ways to deal with religion — or religious thought, to be precise. While most states see religion as a challenge, for the common…
The new magnates
IN the utterly compelling story of capitalist modernity woven together by Marx and other radicals over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, the property-owning bourgeoisie plays the role…
Policy sans politics
AT a high-powered development economics conference in Islamabad last week, I overheard a number of prominent academics and policymakers express disgust at the fact that their pristine discipline was being…
Introspection everyone?
IS it enough to feel pangs of shame for the manner in which we treat the vulnerable in our society or heap scorn on the rulers to absolve ourselves? The…
The enemy ‘lives within us’
Again and again, we are reminded of the high cost that Pakistan has paid in its war on terror. This cost is measured in both human and material terms. The…
China pays a price to avert stock market crash
China's Communist government has averted a stock market crash - for now - but it will take the world's second-largest economy longer to repair tarnished reform credentials and investment sentiment…
