We bear the curse of living in interesting times. Since Wednesday evening, the country has been in the grip of various rumours; some predict Musharraf’s imminent departure, others the demise of the National Assembly. The wildest of these is the imposition of martial law. Continue reading »
Ayaz Amir
A strange nation we are, expecting wisdom from morons, radicalism from born opportunists, and virtue from knaves whose principal claim to fame is daylight national robbery.
What do we take the national scene to be, the result of a Nepalese revolution or a Chinese long march? Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan after a deal brokered by the Yanks in whose prowess she had invested all her hopes. Continue reading »
The article “Zero Point” published in Daily Express Lahore on 29th May 2008 Continue reading »
AKRAM KHATOON
WTO, despite its dictum on multinational trade discipline, has made provision for preferential and differential treatment in trade to accommodate developing countries to enable them to come at level playing field with industrially rich countries in global trade arena, which has no doubt resulted in serious challenges being encountered by WTO regime from emerging quite a number of trade blocs/regions and resultant trade disputes. Continue reading »
Sindhri, Saharni doing roaring business
A mango juice glass costing Rs40
Prices to fall in the first week of June, says a shopkeeper
Bilal Akram
LAHORE: The arrival of the king – the mango- has turned people crazy as its sale has picked up tremendously besides high rates due to start of what is rightly labelled as mango-season. Continue reading »
PUBLIC opinion in both India and Pakistan is apparently relieved that the process of composite dialogue between their governments continues. Still, it is not possible to conceal one’s disappointment that the latest round of ministerial talks in Islamabad could not register progress towards bridging the divide between the two neighbours. Continue reading »
Criminals are people who have an advantage over you because they have the means of violence and are ready to use them; eliminate this advantage, acquire both the will and the means of violence, and you can have a situation where no resort to policing or the criminal justice system is necessary
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The writer is a freelance columnist and former newspaper editor
So rapidly are political events in Pakistan unfolding, that it is at times difficult to keep pace. Certainly, it is almost impossible to say what scene will be played once the finger is taken off the ‘fast forward’ button, with a dramatic struggle now openly underway between the presidency and the government.
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Fasi Zaka
I started watching the Indian Premier League really late. The names of the teams were to me too off-putting to be taken seriously. Honestly, the Knight Riders? But the first match I watched was in which Shoaib Akhtar made a magnificent comeback to the game for Kolkata. Continue reading »
Chris Cork
The unlamented Donald Rumsfeld once spoke of “known unknowns and unknown unknowns.” – which was at the time ridiculed as being yet another example of Orwellian double-speak; yet Rumsfeld may have hit the nail on the head, albeit unwittingly. Continue reading »
Whenever the economy is in trouble, central banks the world over take measures to ease pressures on the business community by lowering discount rates, as done recently by the US Federal Reserve Board and the Bank of England. Continue reading »
If your child comes to your room in the middle of the night, it may be tempting to allow the child to crawl into bed with you, especially after a nightmare. Continue reading »
By Khalid Khattak
LAHORE
There is a dire need to extract maximum advantage from scientific equipment available with the universities of our country and to train our people in areas upon which socio-economic development of Pakistan depends. Continue reading »
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani held an extremely important meeting with President Pervez Musharraf at the Army House Rawalpindi late on Wednesday.
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By SYED ALI ZAFAR
Not all people will be satisfied with all policies of the government all the time, and ultimately, in a democracy, people have a choice to change it in the next elections. It is part of the political process that the new government will inherit a mixed bag of good and bad programmes from the past regime. However to carry the process of democracy further, the new rulers must not only recognise that they are no longer in the opposition and now represent the country, but they must also realise that finding faults with past governmental actions, entering into blame games and scoring political points in public, particularly by government ministers (and more so when no solutions are put forward) can have dangerous consequences. Continue reading »