Overseas Pakistani Friends

The idea that a well-functioning capitalism makes for a weak job market, leading to higher unemployment and lower participation in the labour force, cannot be substantiated. On the contrary, the innovations stimulated and facilitated by capitalism create jobs

Feudal aristocracy is usually, by its very nature, oblivious of human rights issues and democracy. This is how a declared offender in a vani case and an apologist for the live burial of women in Balochistan are raised to the level of federal ministers

* Senator John McCain says situation is ‘very dicey’
WASHINGTON: Former Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain has voiced his deep concern over the tense South Asian situation, saying India is preparing for some kind of attack on Pakistan in the wake of last month’s Mumbai attacks.

ISLAMABAD: Those who think that Pakistan is all about historical sites, great cuisine, exciting cities and bustling bazaars may be not be aware that Pakistan is also an excellent destination to enjoy adventure sports.
There are a number of adventure sport destinations in Pakistan, which one can travel to. And the range of the adventure sports [...]

LAHORE: Insomnia has been linked to paranoid delusions after researchers in the UK questioned people with a history of mental health problems and compared the results to answers from healthy volunteers, a report in The Telegraph said on Monday. Experts found that 70 percent of ordinary people who scored highly for self-reported symptoms of paranoia [...]

Institutions like the World Bank have emphasised the need to conclude the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations, even though little has been done by such processes thus far to lessen unfair agricultural subsidies in the developed world, or to promote sustainable agricultural practices

NEW DELHI: Amid tensions between India and Pakistan following last month’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, New Delhi has started augmenting the country’s defences with a view to reducing to the minimum the time required “to move into full operational readiness”.

Shaheen Sehbai’s surgical strike on President Zardari in this newspaper on Dec 26 offered an eclectic mix of facts and speculation. While swathing populist sentiments of the voiceless millions averse to a one-man rule, it also raised some serious questions. The timing; tone and tenor; and a Washington dateline warrant a critique. The presidential exposé [...]

ASRA ZAFAR
The old notion of “Development versus Environment” has given ways to a new view in which better environmental stewardship is essential to sustain development.

India considered using its military might against terrorists operating from Pakistani soil as the year, which also saw the Navy flexing its muscles in the international waters to check piracy, came to a close. Though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh categorically stated that India did not want a war with Pakistan, the government had looked at [...]