Monthly Archives: July 2011

Heroes and villains of democracy

By Jalees Hazir

The PPP-led government’s shameless defiance of the Supreme Court once again created a crisis in Islamabad last week. Continue reading

Norway and US media’s anti-Islam bent

By Momin Iftikhar

The false and incorrect contents of a hastily displayed news item in the New York Times related to the May 22 Norway shootings, in which more Continue reading

On the brink of an abyss

Lal Khan

From the US to Europe to Japan there is a panic in the echelons of power. Continue reading

America’s other debt crisis

By Ros Coward

ONE word is missing in the American debate over the debt crisis: austerity. Continue reading

Have Your Say: Fudged figures & FBR

IFTIKHAR SHAHEEN MIRZA

The fudged figure saga by FBR has derailed Pakistan economically. FBR first boasted on 30th June 2011 that target of 1.59 trillion rupees was achieved. Later on, the department had to eat its words on the intervention of State bank of Pakistan that actual revenues were1.55 trillion rupees instead of 1.59 trillion rupees.

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Arab Spring’s dilemma

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Muammar Gaddafi and Bashar Al Assad agree on at least one point: Spring must be eliminated; the year should have just three seasons.
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Who will keep the Iranian wolf away from the Saudi door?

By Mai Yamani

The old saying “lonely is the head that wears the crown” has literally taken on new meaning for Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah. Continue reading

Pakistan’s unfinished reform agenda

By Farhan Bokhari

The tussle between Pakistan’s ruling alliance and the country’s supreme court and the apex court’s principled stance on matters affecting the nation has done much to lift the feeling of uncertainty across the country.
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Have Your Say: Target Killings in Karachi

Rehman Nasir

It is very sad to see the increasing percentage of target killings in Karachi. The people who die in the target killings are common

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Small is beautiful on India-Pakistan front

By Jyoti Malhotra

Pakistan’s foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar was always in danger of being miscast as an up-at-heel Cinderella by the Indian media during her visit to Delhi this week — and I plead guilty.
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