Reclaiming Fata
RECENTLY, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that Operation Zarb-i-Azb would continue till peace and tranquillity were permanently restored to Fata. The director general of ISPR, however, was more specific when…
Pakistan: new directions
The prerequisites for Pakistan to migrate from the present low-value agricultural economy to a knowledge-based economy are: (1) a visionary leadership that can understand and implement government policies for transitioning…
What’s all this about, Axactly?
I don’t know what has been more nerve-numbing: the Axact expose published in the NYT last week; the priggish denials by the bigwigs of the Axact empire in the wake…
Emerging Afghanistan and beyond: Trade and investment
The recent visit of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and General Raheel Sharif to Afghanistan culminated on a high point of mutual commitment, preventing respective territories from being used against the…
Need for a national steel policy
Steel is an integral part of our daily life, from the steel bars that hold our houses together to the steel utensils that we use to cook. As such, the…
The right approach
Gulf kingdoms, particularly Saudi Arabia, are on the horns of a dilemma. They have to choose between making a common cause with Iran in crushing the self-styled Islamic State (IS)…
Values and regulations: the role of ethics in the securities industry
Since the financial crisis of 2008-09 and the consequent 'great recession', regulatory regimes in the financial services industry have become tougher around the world. Some commentators have even said that…
The slow route to hell
Let’s press the rewind button and go back in time. We see a nation, carved out amidst pools of blood and despair, whose founder vows Pakistan will be a land…
Robbing the highway
"Together, the united forces of our communication and transportation systems are dynamic elements in the very name we bear – United States. Without them, we would be a mere alliance…
eGovernment: SECP’s eServices greatly help business entities
During most part of the last decade, the SECP enjoyed a very good reputation for innovative and productive use of information technology at national and international levels. The untiring efforts…
