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…
Allying with tax evaders
"Moralists should address their sermons to the legislators, and not to individuals, because it is in the order of possible things that a virtuous and enlightened man may have the…
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…
FX & Gold weekly outlook January 14-18: 2013 begins on positive note
Year 2013 began on a positive note. After the settling of looming US ''fiscal cliff'' issue, market got the much needed boost. China''s economic growth is a big factor that…
Cruelty and injustice in the desert
Sri Lankans aren’t as prone to street protests as their other South Asian cousins. But when Rizana Nafeek, a young Sri Lankan Muslim girl, was beheaded in Saudi Arabia a…
Spaniards brace for tough year as crisis deepens
The unemployed mason bought a cigarette lighter from a kiosk, walked a few blocks, doused himself with petrol and set himself on fire in front of a hospital in the…
South Asia`s daughter
The tragic gang rape and murder of a 23-yearold medical student in Delhi on Dec 16 has led to widespread outrage across India, forcing the government to consider new laws…
Pakistan outlook 2013 – I
Internal factors are surely influenced by combination of political and domestic challenges that have led to a low GDP growth now hovering around 3 percent, with bank lending to private sector…
MFN status – delayed or denied?
The year 2013 dawned with the news that Pakistan missed the target of granting most favoured nation (MFN) status to India and consequently abolishing the negative trade list, as committed,…
Banking, other financial businesses: customer identification program and international conventions
Customer identification in banking and financial businesses has gained importance due to abnormal increase in financial crimes including tax evasion, money laundering and terrorist financing. There are two sets of…
