When the Jews supported Hitler
Two media-savvy Muslim clerics have covertly offered their support to Narendra Modi. Maulana Mehmood Madani represents a faction of the Sunni Jamiatul Ulema-i-Hind. Maulana Kalbe Sadiq speaks for a section…
Killing off democracy, little by little
We talk all the time about the desperate dearth of leadership in our country. This undoubtedly is a problem – but then how can any democracy hope to survive or…
Fed meets knowing Bernanke successor – but not latest GDP
The US Federal Reserve was to have issued its latest decision on monetary policy Wednesday, hours after the release of third-quarter data on gross domestic product in the world's largest…
Economics or brutal politics?
Privatisation has been in vogue for more than three decades if we date its flowering from Margaret Thatcher’s initiatives in the late 1970s. Shrinkage of states’ economic presence became part…
GB law needs overhaul
The Gilgit-Baltistan (Empowerment and Self-Governance) Order 2009 resembles a very intricate sandcastle: elaborate in its design but devoid of structural and constitutional integrity. Even the slightest disturbance, as tiny as…
Battling imbalances
When selecting policy instruments and the timing of interventions, a key question that bedevils decision-makers in the country is how to facilitate growth and contain inflation simultaneously. It has been…
Banned books and butchered bodies
Jinnah Road – Quetta’s main commercial hub – and its nearby areas boast nearly half-a-dozen bookstores, but not one has put Malala Yousafzai’s biography on sale. The reason: warnings –…
Dear, Mr Prime Minister
In this very critical moment of history I am compelled to write this brief letter to remind you about your role as the chief executive of Pakistan, and the commitments…
Winds of change in Iran
It seems a thaw is taking place between US and Iranian relations which were at loggerheads for the last three decades. In fact, interplay of Iran's internal developments and foreign…
Convalescent eurozone seeks to escape debt overhang
As the eurozone's weakest members crawl out of their longest recession in modern history, their prospects of recovery are weighed down by a crushing mountain of debt far heavier than…
