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Tag: Economy

  • Cosmetic Changes in Islamabad

    Guest Post by temporal from Baithak also posted on Desicritcs Pakistan's Moment: We will fight terrorism — our way appeared under the byline of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani. Since his name is on the mast, I will assume that he takes full responsibility for this article. He writes: It is important for Pakistan —…

  • Bear Witness With Me Dear Motherland

    I share with you a very heart touching article written by Anwar Mansuri and Munawer Azeem for DAWN’s Crime Diary. I suggest everyone to take the time to read this summarized reproduction of Umar Deen‘s suicide note. I fear this is just the tip of the ice-berg unless immediate drastic measures are not taken to…

  • The NAB Diaries – The Aftermath

    Guest Blog by Amer Nazir I read about that in Introduction to Psychology; that, and the chapter on caged rats whod give themselves electric shocks for something to do. And the ones on the pigeons, trained to peck a button that made a grain of corn appear. Three groups of them: the first one got…

  • Transcript of Dr. Kaiser Bengali’s Lecture – Making sense of Pakistan and its Economy

    Attached is the entire transcript of the lecture given by Dr. Kasier Bengali in Dec at the invitation of People’s Resistance & The Green Economics & Globalisation Initiative where he talked on Making sense of Pakistan and its Economy at Shirkat Gah Office, Karachi Alternatively Download the [download#2] Let me begin by thanking Shirkat Gah…

  • Arif Hasan talks on “Urbanization, Politics, Public & National Interest”

    A two part series of lectures are scheduled to be delivered by Arif Hasan on “Urbanization, Politics, Public & National Interest”. The part one of this series is being held tomorrow at Shirkat Gah, Karachi. The invitation is as follows To undo damage, one has to know what caused it to find solutions. We have…

  • Kaiser Bengali explains the Economic performance of Shaukat Aziz

    Kaiser Bengali is currently working for Collective for Social Science Research, a research company based in Karachi, economist Bengali has also served as the managing director Social Policy Development Centre between 2001-2004. Here he talks with TNS about a range of issues and gives his own economic blueprint which is closely tied up with politics.…

  • ‘l’etat, c’est moi’ – the state is me.

    Guest Blog by Amer Nazir The first time that I heard of him, was the day when I met him. It was at a ghazal party at the Defence Club. I noticed his penetrating eyes which seemed to be sizing a person on an already decided scale, his had shake was extremely firm and direct,…

  • An Open Letter to EU, US, UH & COMMONWEALTH

    Guest Blog by Sami Khan An open letter to “All Concerned European Union consists of 27 member states with complete civil liberties for the citizens one can only dream of in the third world country like Pakistan. But it is very unfortunate that whenever there is a minimal chance of establishing democracy in our country,…

  • Chat with Cisco Country General Manager, Dr. Aamir Matin

    A few days back I had the opportunity to sit down for an hour long talk with Dr. Aamir Matin, the Cisco Country General Manager who had flown in from Islamabad to be in Karachi for a few days. The casual meeting was arranged through the efforts of Rabia Garib of Rasala Publications and editor…

  • A New World Order

    Guest Blog by Faisal K – Deadpan Thoughts In the last 10 years or so we have all watched in horror as disaster after disaster has struck the world. The events I am referring to are mostly man made ones which have left an indelible mark on our history and our conscience, they have also…

  • Postal workers in Lahore buying Votes for Rs 1,500 ($25) only ?

    Exposing election rigging is a tough job. as the onus of proof generally lies on the accuser, hence usually very tough to prove, at times opposing parties may even try to set each other up simply to humiliate them and pull a few extra votes in the process, everything seems to be fair in our…

  • Cause of death, Gun Shots or Sunroof? Govt foul play suspected

    The first reports arriving the day Benazir died was three gun shots to the head resulting in her death, after she was buried today the Govt of Pakistan Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Javed Iqbal Cheema offers a complete new explanation for the cause of death, he said that she was NOT killed because of the…

  • A Demented Musharraf talks to Newsweek

    Newsweek Online has published excerpts of an interview with General (retired) Pervaiz Musharraf taken a few days before the Martial Law was lifted. I share it with you since reading the entire interview one does get an eerie bone chilling sensation that Musharraf has completely lost his sanity and seems to be raging maniac out…

  • The NAB Diaries – Part One

    Guest Post by Amer Nazir Part Two of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part Three of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here My name is Amer Nazir. I live in exile in London. It is a forced exile. I left Pakistan as soon as NAB took my name off the…

  • Pakistans Rich List of 2008

    Short-listing Pakistan’s most influential business magnates or Groups has never been an easy task because there are the people who have been very powerful in nearly every regime that has held this country’s reins since the last 60 years and then we have had those seasonal species that maneuvered their voice to be heard better…