Pessimism with Growth, Why?

Economy has improved, yet growth is not high and people remain concerned. WHY?

Violation of Personal Space

Email scans are not just conceivable but they are a sad truth which most of us are unable to come to terms with. Evidently, Big

Muharram 10: ’Ashura: Commemorating Imam Hussain- The Prince of Martyrs

A translation of a section from Jami’s Shawâhid al Nabuwwah

Foreign Investment

We constantly hear from various government officials about how the government is trying to encourage foreign investments in Pakistan. At the same time we hear

The Easy Path to Publication is paved with Your Dollars

The phrase refers more specifically to the working of those organizations which claim to promote writers/poets and their work, yet in reality, their sole function

Hasrat

Original urdu verses with translation

Two Poems of Parveen Shakir in Translation

'Pink Flowers' and 'A Message'

To Build or Not to Build New Cities

The Placebo Effect of Economic Boycotts

Economic boycotts are very blunt weapons and useless in terms of satisfying the actual objectives, but as I said, they offer some palliative to the

Administrative Reforms and the Budget

The simple truth is that without people’s participation no system, however well designed, can deliver consistently. The budget this year can kick start the process,

Dhirubhai Ambani: The Heathcliffe of Indian business

In the death of Ambani, Indian sensibility might have changed course from ...

Int'l Donors and Local Partners Need Fundamental Change

Advices to INGO/donors on what kind of relationship they should have to turn their presence into someting worth

Pakistan’s Software Industry

Pakistan’s Nascent, often over/under-rated software industry (depending on how you look at it), maybe ready for a take-off. Provided we make the right choices. This

A Tale of Two Countries: Comparing India and Pakistan’s Economies

What ails these economies at war with each other for more than half a century?

Utilizing Black Economy

This article presents an idea that involves using the vast amount of capital stuck in black economy

National Savings Scheme

Radical changes ahead for investors in Pakistan