Enemies within
The single most important factor that determines the fate of a nation and its state of socio-economic development is education. It is the scientists and engineers that are changing the…
Policy before transport
The Punjab government says that the metro bus project has been completed at a cost of nearly Rs30 billion. By the time all the invoices are in, the final figure…
Love in the time of hate
Years ago when I still made regular visits to Pakistan, a young journalist came up to me in a shopping mall and asked for my thoughts on `St. Valentine`s Day`.…
Latin America offers EU shelter: ‘Welcome to summer’
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Spanish Primer Minister Mariano Rajoy are among the leaders coming together Saturday and Sunday in Santiago for a summit of…
Uncorrupted society?
Will Pakistan ever be an uncorrupted society? The cynics will point to the fact that the world is still unable to develop a system that rewards honesty and discourages corruption.…
Australia on a sticky wicket
Hand-Wringing and breast-beating are not officially recognised as sports, but in recent days Australian officials could easily have claimed the crown in either field. The impetus came from the results…
From high to low politics
The American presidential elections have always suffered from a dichotomy. They are won and lost on the basis of the domestic agenda. However, the president’s legacy is shaped by foreign…
Emerging economies
Since long, Pakistan is locked up in a situation of economic volatility, infrastructural deficit, financial disaster in public sector entities and growing poverty. Reformatory policies undertaken by different sectors of…
Endemic corruption
Pakistan is going through an immensely difficult era. Is it because of democracy? Is it because of the legacy that Musharraf left behind? Whatever the diagnosis the fact is that…
Afghanistan beyond 2014
The post-2014 situation in Afghanistan, after the withdrawal of the US/Nato/ International Security Assistance Force, has been the subject of a most vexing debate in recent times. The main difficulty…
