Funds for policing
The Sindh government has decided to purchase 300 armoured vehicles, costing Rs6.5 billion, for the police. The decision reflects the government’s resolve to invest more in policing. There is no…
Menace of extortion
AMONG the heinous crimes which have spread across urban Pakistan over the past five or six years is the collection of bhatta or ‘protection’ money and extortion. Primarily a Karachi…
Always among the worst
Last year, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister company of The Economist, carried out a research to measure which country will provide “the best opportunities for a healthy, safe…
Vicious proposals
The honourable members of the federal task force on disappearances have resolved to undo whatever has been done over the past decade by the judiciary and civil society to find…
Policing woes
The tussle between the Sindh government and top security officials over transfers and posting of police officials in Karachi is now an open secret. The provincial government wants to appoint…
A question of propriety
Since 1977, every government in Pakistan, civil and military alike, has miserably failed to tackle the issues of revenue leakages and illegal accumulation of wealth in a few hands. Every…
Ignored priorities
The key obligation of any government is to scale down the distortions or imbalances in its society; accepting them, worse still, allowing them to expand portrays the failure of governments.…
Legacy of Benazir Bhutto
27 December 2013 marks the sixth death anniversary of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, the visionary leader, who resisted with courage the agenda of pushing Pakistan to a theocratic State incapable of…
VIEWPOINT: Drone war: rage and reaction
Its opponents are after PTI for blocking Nato supply line until the US reneges on its drones policy causing indiscriminate killing of our citizens. If it continues, they warn, the…
Tax evaders and tax officials
Tax evasion is not unique to Pakistan. Western countries including the United States and Western Europe are increasingly engaged in proactively identifying tax evaders and levying heavy penalties on not…
