Work on Bhasha and Mohmand dams to commence in 2017: minister
Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif on Wednesday said that the groundbreaking ceremonies of two massive reservoir construction projects, the Diamer-Bhasha dam and...
Do tech giants hate child privacy?
A recent bill to protect child privacy has met with a barrage of frantic disapproving nods from Google, Twitter and Facebook. You’d think that...
Inside Syria
The Syrian Stumble Part 2
The biggest humanitarian crisis of the recent century has sparked world-wide protests in across the globe, igniting wild fire as...
The casualties of war
The constant victimization within Karachi occupies our minds. One of the most vibrant cities of our times is going through a catharsis. Endless bloodshed...
Black Currency and the IMF
We are victims of our own wars. Inside the economic spectrum of our country lie the most formidable challenges of economics and social strata....
Inside Pakistan: The profit wars
The current leadership of the Pakistan is in a fix. On one hand, they have Saudis and the cash money being circulated heavily in...
With enough creativity, Windows 8 can still sustain the computing industry
This week, Microsoft rubber-stamped Windows 8 as good to go for manufacturers. This means PC makers and other partners can grab the operating system...
Speaking of autonomy
It has been about a month since the IMF report on Pakistan ‘ingeniously’ highlighted the economy’s fragility. A sense of urgency was incumbent; the...
Subtle toggling of inputs
an economy unable to reach its production possibility frontier will always remain vulnerable to exogenous shocks, as in the case of Pakistan. It would...
When sovereigns are bankrupt
Recent events in Europe have been extremely instructive. Greece accounts for a very small proportion of the main European economy. It comprises but a...
Lawn-ing with the most favoured neighbour
Oh, what a beautiful morning! I turn onto the main road only to stare at the enormously gigantic billboards and flex banners featuring pretty...
The ‘what-if’ approach to public transport
The economy continues to tread the path of uncertainty and doom. The rupee refuses to budge from Rs90/USD, the investment climate staggers, and inflation...
Pakistan: A dumping ground of used plastics materials
It is a matter of concern for any country which gets reduced to a dumping ground for used materials and discarded articles. Pakistan, being...
Marriages are made in Washington
Unfortunately, we all have to stumble upon those fiddly little moments when we have to take life defining decisions. Some of us prefer to...
The energy dilemma
Only a strong domestic industrial and agriculture base can ensure a strong economy of Pakistan, presently, at a critical stage in the wake of...
A closed economy?
Self-proclaimed economists many a times lead one to experience a fatal cringing and a heightened need to claw. The latest argument encountered by the...
Why money is flowing into dollar
In late October, I started noticing a tug-of-war going on in the stock market. It shows up on the charts by forming a symmetrical...
