Back in February 2008, at the dawn of another attempt at democratizing the nation, many Pakistanis yearned for a better society — one that truly brings the genuine dividends of democracy. Four years later it’s debatable whether democracy as practiced by the Pakistani politicians and understood by the electorate — has made significant difference. Although, [...]
While the tension between United States and the Pakistan is mounting rapidly and the military and political leadership is apparently not blinking eye and trying to rally the nation under one agenda, there are also some things which need a quick reality check.
The top of the point is of our economic condition. Our major source [...]
Pakistan is in a region of the fastest growing economics of the world. 9.5% GDP of China, over 8.75% of India and close to 7% of Bangladesh compared to 2.3% of Pakistan. How is it that all the countries with many similarities and heavily populated are growing at such a pace while Pakistan rate of [...]
Last day finance minister Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has unfolded the Budget of Pakistan for the year 2011-12. In Budget 2011-12 the main debating point is, how the government handles the huge fiscal deficit and the degree up to which the economy boost.
According to the estimates, the budget outlay for the coming year is set at [...]
Sexual assault is a global disease. This is one of the crimes that are not basically connected with money. Most of the rape cases are purely mental disorders. What the history of this crime tells is that a rich, powerful and influential perpetrator gets away with the crime. Tactics are very simple, in third world [...]
The Pakistani Parliament passes a resolution reaching a consensus that the violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and drone attacks will not be tolerated. And as soon as Senator Kerry has talks, with the Pakistani President and PM along with Pakistan’s Army chief, the drone attacks resume. In addition, the IMF announces that agricultural tax, wealth tax, [...]
We Pakistanis don’t pay our taxes and yet we demand every utility and amenity in the life. We curse the governments and we curse the rulers and authorities for not providing us electricity, water, education, health and security but we don’t do introspection to see whether we pay our taxes or not?
The fact of the [...]
After GST, now a new Frankenstein is about to suck whatever life is left in the veins of emaciated Pakistanis. Prime Minister and his cronies are saying that the Value Added Tax (VAT) is just a sweet GST, and wouldn’t have much effect. Yes, it wouldn’t have much effect on the Pir of Multan, his [...]
We want Electricity in Pakistan, Electricity now @11 Rs. per unit, and it will increase after every two months due to acceptance of American & IMF policies.
IRAN agrees to give the Electricity on urgent basis to Pakistan at very cheap Rates Rs. 1.18 per unit.
Also CHINA offers to Pakistan at just Rs. 300 per month [...]
The ancient French/German wisdom in political negotiations proclaims that: “The devil is in the details.” A very true, extremely accurate proclamation. Pakistan found out “the devil in the details” in the Kerry-Lugar Bill and the US-brokered National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO). It has discovered “the devil in the details” in its IMF negotiations and its loans [...]
