Dear Readers, The advent of summer heralds the arrival of two phenomena heat wave and load shedding, a combination of the two can be deadly. At the end of March, the weather turned exceedingly hot and humid, on cue Karachi started experiencing prolonged and recurring power outages. As demand for power spiked, a sudden ‘dispute’…
With US President Trump scrapping the Iran nuclear deal and re-imposing sanctions, the possibility of conflict in the region has increased dramatically. From being the US “policeman” in the Gulf, Iran has become the acknowledged target of the US and Israel, egged on by the so-called “Sunni Coalition”. Iran’s ally Hezbollah having won the elections…
Our Republic Day being an appropriate occasion to reflect on the meaning of the day, most thought-provoking comments were made by the Chief Justice (CJ) of Pakistan’s Supreme Court (SC) in Lahore on March 23. Referring to remarks made by the Awami Muslim League Chief Sheikh Rasheed urging a 90-day ‘judicial martial law’ in the…
Rameez Raja recently made some suggestions how to attract good quality players for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) and to resolve the problem of low spectator turnout in the UAE cricket stadiums. His contention is that in PSL “each team has to stay under a predetermined salary cap set and cannot go over the budget…
The ruling coalition says the Senate elections has been ‘stolen’ from them, the Opposition panel winning far more votes than expected. You can ‘steal’ things from a person only when he owns it, did Nawaz Sharif already “own” the Senate before the elections actually took place? Having purchased the votes are they now upset that…
Dear Readers, Once known as the ‘City of Lights” mainly for its nightlife, peace and harmony reigned in Karachi, however this slowly gave way to chaos and lawlessness. Held hostage by criminals and militants affiliated with political parties who maintained vice-like grip over Karachi with political violence, land grabbing, armed robberies, narcotics and smuggling, snatching…
Truly independent and impartial the World Economic Forum (WEF) is not tied to any special interests or groups. WEF’s Annual Meeting at Davos presents a unique once-a-year opportunity bringing together the world’s most prominent politicians, Heads of State and/or government, business and industrial leaders, policy makers, academics and scholars, scientists, philanthropists, social workers, media personalities,…
Dear Readers, When the panama papers Disclosures reverberated worldwide in April 2016 the global media has field Day. It was no different in Pakistan as the massive leaks revealed three of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s children owned offshore Companies and assets that were not shown on his family’s wealth statement. The electronic media went berserk…
Named for the Alpine resort town in which the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting is held, the prevailing misconception is that the Davos is only a rich man’s club that caters to the world’s wealthy and impacts only the rich countries. WEF was founded on the premise that business cannot operate in a vacuum…
Arrested on Feb 22 by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for corruption in the Ashiana Housing scandal under Section 2 of the Schedule of NAO, 1999, Ahad Cheema, formerly Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Chief and now heading Quaid-e-Azam Thermal Power Limited, had failed to appear before NAB twice despite summons. Showing flagrant disrespect for the…
