ZUBAIR FAISAL ABBASI
ARTICLE (March 31 2008): Economic globalisation affects both local and global systems of wealth creation and distribution. The effects can be witnessed in micro-realities of workers searching new modes of livelihoods to make for the lost ones while macro-realities are manifested in processes of stat industrialisation in many developing countries. Continue reading »
PRESIDENT Musharraf and Chancellor Metternich of the Austrian Habsburg empire have much in common. One of the most remarkable features the 19th-century European statesman and the 21st-century Pakistani leader share is that both saw themselves as unrivalled. Therefore they believed they must rule for as long as they wished.
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FROM time immemorial people have been pondering over the meaning of life. Is my life worth living? Have we been wasting our time so far? How many questions are stirred by the state of the world? How many fears and doubts are aroused over the predicament that our country is confronted with? Continue reading »
THE grand coalition of democratic parties that has been voted into power has to work hard and in the right direction to reverse eight years of iniquitous, undemocratic and authoritarian policies.
The Musharraf regime plunged Pakistan into political turmoil and institutional decay, and gave rise to centre-province confrontation, a crippling energy crisis and a generally anarchic state of affairs. Clearly, a sincere and concerted effort will be required to put things back on track. Continue reading »
By Syed Imran Shah
OIL prices remain an important macroeconomic variable. Higher prices inflict substantial damage on the economies of oil-importing countries and the global economy as a whole. Oil importing developing countries like Pakistan generally suffer the most as their economies are more oil-intensive and less able to weather the financial turmoil wrought by higher oil-import costs. Continue reading »
KARACHI: The deficiency of iodine causes more than 30,000 stillbirths in Pakistan annually and 120,000 children are born mentally challenged due to the lack of iodine intake by expecting mothers. Continue reading »
PAKISTAN is about to witness once again the ‘dawn of democracy’ just as it had in the past at intervals of ten years or so only to make way for longer dictatorships. Sixty years of independence thus stand divided, almost equally, between the two. Continue reading »
Given the very nature of the job, governments cannot dwell on the past and presume success. They have to focus on the immediate while keeping an eye on the future Continue reading »
There are not many who would buy the theory that President Musharraf has willingly let himself be led into the situation he finds himself in. For all practical purposes, President Musharraf now stands in a corner instead of centre-stage. He has enjoyed the limelight for more than a decade now. It is a difficult time for him. We can only hope and pray that better sense prevails on both sides and that the president is allowed to perform his constitutional role and the elected government works in a manner that allows this to happen. Continue reading »
Rent-seeking is destroying our cities. I know that’s a strong statement, but it’s more than deserved. Let me explain. Continue reading »
By Rauf Klasra
ISLAMABAD: Eight of the top negotiators of the PPP and PML-N have grabbed the most important ministries in the Gilani cabinet during their two-week long secret negotiations to finalise a power-sharing formula between the two parties. Continue reading »
By Rauf Klasra
ISLAMABAD: Yousuf Raza Gilani could be the happiest person on earth on Saturday, as he set a new precedent in the history of Pakistan to become the first prime minister who surprisingly got the unconditional support of the opposition parties on the day of his vote of confidence. But for many cynics, the opposition set a bad precedent. Continue reading »
By Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: It may be a mere twist of fate or a well thought-out strategy but all those so far given key assignments by the newly-installed PPP-led coalition government are closely associated with Asif Ali Zardari. Continue reading »
ISLAMABAD: Will PM Yousuf Raza Gilani once again extend a favour to one of the pillars of the Presidency, Tariq Aziz.? Continue reading »