Ali Malik

Rashid Rehman’s brutal assassination is a grim reminder of the ugliest reality around us. The reality is not merely of religious intolerance and extremism; it is the reality of a much deeper ailment in society, an ailment that will keep shedding blood and spreading wrath even beyond religious extremism. It is the reality of a […]

Let me start with a complaint. What I find most disturbing about us Pakistanis is our negativity, cynicism and continuous complaining. Talk to anyone on the street and you will hear stories of doom and gloom. I understand that from terrorism to poverty, Pakistan faces serious challenges but it is not all gloomy and thus […]

Henry Kissinger said that while understanding geo-political problems, one cannot divorce the historical context and that the solutions that ignore historical context often fail. This cannot be truer than in the case of South Asia, where India, Pakistan and the region are stuck in perpetual chaos. It is an area that has been a common […]

Talk to anyone in South Asia and the only explanation one hears for economic woes is ‘corruption’. More recently, in the event of the Indian elections, many of my friends in India blame their economic woes on corruption in the system and on the ruling party. Although corruption has its own drag on the economy, […]

In recent months, Mr Dar has succeeded in bringing the price of the dollar down to below the Rs 100 level after letting it slip to Rs 110. This feat was achieved by a benevolent influx of $ 1.5 billion from a ‘friendly’ country. Pakistan is about to launch a two billion dollar Eurobond this […]