Baluchistan is Pakistan’s province of superlatives: the largest province, it is the most neglected province in terms of infrastructure development, education etc. but also the richest province in terms of natural resources including the world largest copper and gold reserves. These reserves will play an important role in Baluchistan’s and Pakistan’s development if and when…
With most of the leading opposition leaders in jail now for corruption, nepotism, money-laundering, and even drug smuggling, etc., the second and third tier party leaders are taking the stage. With this the resultant tenor is becoming rougher and more. With no hope of the masses turning out in numbers in the streets, other means…
PTI’s electoral victory in the last election has not been accepted by the political opposition parties in Pakistan. Calling the elections ‘rigged’ and the PM ‘selected’ is the political opposition’s way to undermine Imran Khan’s creditability and that of his government. This despite the fact that no rigging has been proven. This simple gesture of acknowledging…
The grand old man was 89 when he lost the struggle against his cancer. The news about the demise of Ross Perot Sr. in Dallas came as a shock one is never ready and prepared for losing someone. His son Ross Perot Jr is one of my best friends. Born in modest circumstances in Texas…
Dear Readers, The references of misconduct filed by the federal government against SC Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Karim Khan Agha of Sindh High Court triggered protests by a section of the legal fraternity. The judges were accused of allegedly hiding properties abroad which were not declared in their tax returns. The legal fraternity boycotted…
The evening of May 23 the ‘Breaking News’ of a private television repeatedly aired audio clips as well as footage of video recordings of a man allegedly indulging in unbecoming interaction with a woman. The audio/video on mainstream media quickly went viral on the social media. “News One” identified the male voice as that of…
The major reason for the dismal economic situation of the country is corruption and the feudal-type nepotism that sustained it over decades has infested the state and its institutions. Making money from kickbacks by bureaucrats and politicians who are in a position of power, selling jobs and stealing public money from welfare and development projects…
On 8 May 10 people were killed, including five elite police force personnel outside the famous 11th century Sufi shrine of Data Darbar in Lahore while many others were injured. A young boy blew himself up in the vicinity of the shrine. Right after the blast several foreign media outlets started commenting on the attack…
The using of all kinds of technologies and media gimmicks to diminish a person or a country has been around for quite a while. Fake news telling plain lies or repeating unchecked or un-investigated news from other sources is one way to destabilise, frighten or otherwise put an individual and/ or a country on tenterhooks….
A weak economy, growing poverty, educational crises and many more has never stopped us from creating additional problems. The recurring one recently being when the month of Ramadan would start and accordingly when Eid would bring an end to that holy month of fasting. What if the moon is not sighted everywhere at the same…
