If developed responsibly, the phenomenal liberalisation that media outlets in Pakistan had gained under Musharraf regime could have well established it as an essential watchdog; initiating reasonable discourse and accentuating accountability for the societal well-being. In a blatant ignorance to all journalistic ethics, however, this unprecedented freedom has not achieved much other than setting the […]
Social business 101: going beyond micro crediting
Hailed by many as the “banker to the poor”, the Bangladeshi financier, Mohammad Yunus, first made headlines in 2006, when his contributions to the underprivileged segments of his country were acknowledged by the Nobel committee for its peace prize. During his tenure as an economics professor at the Chittagong University in the southern region […]