Can Asad Umar ride the economic tiger?On his first day on the job as Minister of Finance, the top item on Asad Umar's agenda will be addressing the looming balance of payment crisis and the $12 billion financing shortfall. His options wil...
The Aman-Dosti Yatra: a voice for Indo-Pak peaceAs part of the 40-member 'Aman-Dosti Yatra' delegation, which travelled from Delhi to the Wagah border, I had the pleasure of visiting various schools and interacting with the students. At one particu...
The youth needs civic engagementAccording to the World Population Data Sheet, the world's population is currently 7.5 billion and is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. Pakistan is ranked the fourth most populous country in the w...
Accountability and ulterior motivesChief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Saqib Nisar recently reprimanded the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for allowing information related to persons under investigation to be leaked to the media. Tho...
Karachi in the darkSir: I remember when the PPP was in power back during their tenure between 2008 and 2013. There were many problems with their government, with the space available to me here not enough to list all of...
‘Motorbike Accidents’Sir: This is an apropos to the letter published on August 16 called ‘Motorbike Accidents’. A similar event took place to my close acquaintance causing the loss of life, which left us all in deep sorro...
Pak-China tiesSir: Pakistan and China have expressed their commitment to further improve cooperation in matters of regional and international significance. The understanding came at the third round of Maritime Dial...
New changeSir: Finance Minister Asad Umar has said that the first decision of the new cabinet was to form a high powered taskforce to recover unlawful wealth stashed abroad. In a tweet message, he maintained th...
Bilawal’s speechSir: Yes! Bilawal's speech was brilliant and it is a glimpse of a true parliamentary debate. One of the key traits he has inherited from his grandfather and mother is his communication style; as both...