Brexit and the EU failure
After days of convulse discussions and diplomatic efforts, British Prime Minister David Cameron reached a provisional agreement with his European Union partners. In other words, everything seems fine and the…
Japan its own enemy in push to improve cyber security
Apart from rogue hackers, criminal organisations or even state-backed cyber warfare units, Japan's businesses and government agencies are facing a unique cyber security foe: themselves. Even with the frequency and…
Time out of joint
The obsession with women is evident in Friday sermons across the country, in the Council of Islamic Ideology’s fixation on regulating women’s bodies, in society’s vigilance of women and in…
A recap of Davos 2016
After his absence in 2014 and 2015, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif finally makes a presence at the annual World Economic Forum 2016 (WEF) at Davos Switzerland. While addressing a group…
The Obama-Nawaz dialogue
The much-hyped visit of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to the US warrants an incisive look at the actual outcome of the dialogue between the two leaders. What caught the fancy…
Forgotten Fata
Mohsin Dawar and The policies of the political parties of Pakistan regarding Fata can be best described as opportunistic, stuck in the colonial times, and smacking of indifference. The PTI-led…
Putin’s blitz
George Soros was in no mood to take prisoners last week when, in a comment reproduced in The Guardian, the European business magnate described Vladimir Putin as a bigger threat…
Lucky Punjab
The International Seminar on Business Opportunities, organised by the Punjab government on November 6 and 7, presented the perfect opportunity for international and local businessmen and investors to discuss investment…
Sahel to South Asia
The global war on terror has morphed into an international salad bowl with the emergence of a grand arc of instability between the shores of Atlantic to West Asia. Incidentally,…
The Trust Deficit
Opposition members in parliament are unanimous in their support of one government initiative: the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) envisaging over 46 billion dollar Chinese project-specific loans procured at low rates…
