It is emerging by the day with established facts that our president is losing rapidly in estimation where it counts. Zardari’s visit to the US badly hurt his image. The known and the unknown details of his visit have raised serious questions about his inherent capabilities. He spent over18 days abroad during his first month in office including two visits to London and three to Dubai all unofficial except for the one to the UN where, he should not have gone according to our system of governance where such conferences are attended by the PM. Continue reading »
EVERY political season produces its own mascot, a figure for comic relief amidst the darkness. ‘Tis the season of Shaukat ‘Over my dead body’ Tareen. Like Superman, Tareen is everywhere; unlike Superman, he can’t seem to save even himself from spouting rubbish, let alone the country from an economic meltdown.
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“THERE is no terror, Cassius, in your threats,” Julius Caesar tells him. Pakistan could have told India the same thing at the meeting of the joint anti-terror mechanism: recent bomb blasts at Malegaon and Modasa were not the doing of ‘Muslims from across the border’.
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Whither academic culture? By Ayesha Siddiqa
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Oct 312008
WRITING opinion pieces in a newspaper is a tricky job. While many people may agree with the opinion expressed, there are others who become extremely unhappy.
There is nothing surprising about such a divide in opinion especially in a country of 160 million people. Continue reading »
By Mohammad Malick
I have good news and bad news, so let’s begin with the good. The good news is that leader of the Upper House Raza Rabbani assured his Senate peers that the government was committed to implementing the in-camera security resolution and that the critically important and non-partisan Oversight Parliamentary Committee would be “constituted very soon”. The bad (and real) news is that Raza had made the same commitment two weeks back and judging by the ongoing political churn, we just may hear him reiterating the same commitment another week down the road. Continue reading »
* A drop of more than $400 million recorded during one week
By Mushfiq Ahmad
KARACHI: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves dropped to $6.92 billion during the last week, down by more than $400 million or 5.46 percent from $7.32 billion the country held during the previous week.
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Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif’s transfer of assets from Saudia Arabia to other foreign countries, instead of Pakistan, has been challenged in the Islamabad High Court. In a petition filed by Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffrey, Dr Shamshad Akhtar’s appointment as the governor of the State Bank has also been challenged. Continue reading »
“Electoralism” expressed through existing political structures may not promise change. This is why it is important to not only look at the nature of political parties but also linkages among various players
October 28 has come and gone. It was significant for two reasons, both diametrically opposed though.
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بونے راج کرتے ہیں (مستنصر حسین تارڑ)
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Oct 302008
بدھ اکتوبر 15, 2008
کسی بھی ویرانے میںاگر ایک کنواں کھودا جائے تو اس ویرانے میں بہار آجاتی ہے آس پاس کی بنجرزمینیںآباد ہوجاتی ہیں طویل راستوں کے مسافر اس کنویںپررک کراپنی پیاس بجھاتے ہیں کنویںکے گرد امڈتے اوربلند ہوتے شیشم اورپیپل کے درختوں کی چھاؤں میںبیٹھ کراپنے سفر کی تھکن اتارتے ہیں ،دم بھرسولیتے ہیںاورپھراس شخص کودعائیںدیتے جس نے وہ کنواں کھدوایا تھا پھرسے سفر پرروانہ ہوجاتے ہیں درختوںپر پرندے اپنے گھونسلے بنالیتے ہیں چنانچہ ایک کنواں ایک کائنات ہوجاتاہے جس میں زندگی رواں ہوجاتی ہے۔ جن زمانوں میںابھی ٹیوب ویل رائج نہیںہوئے تھے چین سے پیٹرانجن نہیںآئے تھے میںان زمانوں کے کنویں کاتذکرہ کررہاہوں۔
تقریباً ہرشخص نے اپنی زندگی میںایک نہ ایک کنواںتو دیکھا ہوگا لیکن ہم میںسے کتنے ہیں جنہوں نے ایک ویرانے میںکنواں کھدتا دیکھا ہو۔ میں نے Continue reading »
Oct 302008
By Jehangir Khattak
PUBLIC opinion polls, media vibes, and popular sentiment all point to ‘Obamania’ sweeping across America. Barring his becoming the victim of the Bradley effect or dramatic tumult, Barack Hussein Obama is on the verge of history.
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THE provincial governments are again rushing changes in institutions of governance apparently without due deliberation.It seems our administration experts are determined not to grow out of their infatuation with ad hocism. The targets are the executive hierarchy in the provinces, the local government system and the police organisation. Continue reading »
Where shall we go? By Javed Chaudhry
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Oct 302008
“Zero Point“published in daily times on 30th October 2008 Continue reading »
Following are open market currency and gold rates in Pakistani markets. Continue reading »
Dr Ghayur Ayub
There were a few things about Quaid, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, which may be considered distinctive. He would choose his words of praise very carefully especially when they were directed towards individuals. He was known to have an extensive vocabulary yet scarcity for eulogized words became a part of his personality. This made his humour dry but his intellect vast; a trait unique to people of his calibre. The only time he crossed this barrier was when Allama Iqbal passed away. He mingled emotions with rationale and used three powerful words to describe Iqbal, calling him his philosopher, guide and mentor. Words such as these coming from Jinnah signified the depth of their relationship. Continue reading »
Oct 302008
There were a couple of banks that overseas investors bought, and if the truth be told, they are today being run far more efficiently and professionally than they have ever before in their chequered histories
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