Tax amnesty for whom?
The Political and Strategy Committee (PSC) of Pakistan Tahreek-i-Insaf (PTI), in a meeting held under its Chairman Imran has expressed deep concern over the introduction of Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill…
Real people, mere numbers
Where on earth did all these people come from? The question is being asked following the winding up of Dr Qadri’s long march. And this is where the story had…
Torturing the facts
Eleven years after George W Bush sent the first detainees to Guantanamo, the Oscar-nominated film Zero Dark Thirty made its national debut. Zero Dark Thirty is disturbing for two reasons.…
At electronics fair: Post-smartphones and Samsung TV
Seasoned visitors to the Consumer Electronics Show, America's largest tech trade fair, know that the underlying theme of the annual extravaganza in Las Vegas is the unveiling of shiny new…
The real threat to democracy
It is time to celebrate. The current democratic order, which appeared to be wobbling and on the brink in the wake of Dr Tahirul Qadri’s long march and four-day protest…
Factory inspections – IV
As an extension of the activities of the proposed Labour Institute at the provincial level, even regional labour institutes can be set up at Hyderabad, Hub, Faisalabad and at Hattar…
End of a dream
So it was not to be. Not because the people of the city were cruel – shehr ke log zaalim na thay – but because they were just indifferent. They…
Challenges and a chance
Everyday day, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police strive to save people from the terrorists` wrath. The department has lost 619 lives so far. Across the border in Afghanistan 1,555 policemen have…
Revolution: Islamabad style
Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital for half a century, was conceived as a peaceful retreat, away from the heat and dust of this country and the humdrum of its people. For a…
By diplomacy, not revenge
Skirmishes at the India-Pakistan Line of Control (LoC) in the Mendhar sector in Jammu have spilled blood and precipitated a crisis that could snowball into a destructive conflict unless it’s…
