A Panama republic
This week we have been distracted by the political storm raised by the Panama Papers, because the leaks have also spotlighted the family of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Imran Khan…
Why care about the leak?
Panama has always been one of the best tax havens in the world – both during and after the reign of General Manuel Noriega – and Mossack Fonseca (run by…
Systemic corruption
Over the weekend, an historic release of information came out in the Panama Papers showing exactly who, how, and when a vast network of people stole and hoarded money. Our…
Samson Agonistes…or Nooras in agony
For once Imran Khan – whom no one will accuse of being much of a wordsmith – has coined a happy phrase. Panama Leaks, he says, is Almighty’s suo motu…
Pondering Panama
The response to the Panama leaks has been expectedly monotonous, mainly covering legal or moral issues. But ancient Sufis wisely said that kids view things narrowly; to grasp a complex…
Bait and switch
If you happened to read any major newspaper last Thursday, you couldn’t have missed a half-page ad placed by the government of Pakistan. With a title reading “lies always get…
Coat linings
Is nothing sacred anymore? Has privacy lost its sanctity? Why cannot our prime minister go to London for an urgent medical check-up, drop in on his tailors Scabal in Savile…
Panama Papers: the toll on Pakistan
The political storms created by the Panama Papers in Pakistan will unlikely settle down without forcing some change in the current political setup. The first definitive sign of that is…
Where are the people?
When the spokesman of the US State Department was asked if the US was still backing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif or whether it would support the opposition’s demand that he…
The PM can’t escape scrutiny
Hit and hurt by the exposure of his family’s offshore companies, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif seems clueless and is trying to hide his head under the sand to avoid a…
