Sir: Unemployment has become a major problem in Balochistan. Around 60 percent of the province’s population is jobless. Even those who are educated have a hard time finding employment. Unemployment causes a country to rot, because when people have trouble making money the honest way they inevitably turn to crime and corruption. Therefore it is […]
Global warming
Sir: Global warming is the continuing rise in average temperature of earth’s atmosphere and oceans. The evidence for the temperature rise is unequivocal with over 90 percent certainty. Scientists have determined most of it has been caused by human activities that increase the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as deforestation and burning […]
Elite’s attitude
Sir: A few days ago, Awais Laghari, a federal minister, counted the government achievements and declared that there was no load shedding in more than 60 percent of the country, which is laudable if true. Unfortunately, the truth is far from his claims. Not only is load shedding affecting at least half of the country, […]
Salute the Chief Justice
Sir: To begin with, I salute the worthy Chief Justice of Pakistan for taking notice of the unhealthy water supply in Sindh and now in Punjab as well. I hope the politicians and government officials who love boasting of mega projects will now realise their guilt of neglecting a basic requirement of life. Now I […]
PCB to play minnows during Indian Premier League period
KARACHI: The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) controversial Future Tours Programme has given the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) another headache as the world’s number one-ranked T20I side will have to find a minnow to play against during the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL) as the ICC has asked all major boards to not schedule any series […]
White-ball contracts for West Indies players
BARBADOS: West Indies players will be offered more flexible and enhanced contracts, including exclusive retainers for Test and limited-overs cricket, according to a new Cricket West Indies policy. The highest-paid category will be for players who feature in Tests and ODIs, with a maximum retainer of over $300,000 including match fees. The four-man selection panel, […]
The Pakistan phobia in India
Pakistani generals who are otherwise not shown in good light by the politicians of the country must be secretly enjoying the importance given to them by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It is the first time in recent memory that PM of India has openly stated that Pakistan is trying to influence the elections in […]
The Karachi conundrum
Karachi, Pakistan’s financial hub and lifeline of the country, witnessed some bizarre jugglery a few weeks ago. The ‘behind the scene engineers’, who get all the credit for re-establishing peace and prosperity there, were in an eerie haste, to cobble an alliance between the two-remaining presumed political stakeholders of the city. As expected, it turned […]
Inaugural four-day Test to have minimum of 98 overs per day
DURBAN: A minimum of 98 overs will be played on each day of the inaugural four-day Test between South Africa and Zimbabwe starting later this month in Port Elizabeth. The African neighbours will play the first Test match shortened by one day from Dec. 26, with the International Cricket Council (ICC) granting it official status […]
Jinnah Islam and Secularism
Writing in response to my previous article ‘Jinnah and the Minorities’, Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed in his piece ‘Jinnah Muslims and Minorities’ failed to address the central point that I made which was that at no point during the 13 months that Jinnah was in power that any piece of legislation or resolution purporting to commit […]