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The Litmus Test

The Homeland Security officer was quite pleasant so I asked him if he had heard of PM Aziz and the flying circus. He looked confused and asked, “Isn’t General Moo-sharaf the dictator there?”

Size Matters

The more interesting questions will be as to who will get the contracts to construct the new military complex? Who will get the contracts for the interiors? How much money will be spent?

Boot-in-Mouth

What possesses the son of a mother, the husband of a wife, and the father of a daughter to say something as crass as the leader of our country just did in Washington?

Running Scared

The cardinal rule of business everywhere is 'survival of the fittest.' while in Pakistan it is 'survival of the fattest -- and the most connected.'

Hightech Rumpus

It only takes a few of these 'outages' for a foreign client to actually terminate a contract based on the perceived inadequate infrastructure. Yet there is hope on the horizon -- a consortium, which includes PTCL, is laying down the SEAMEWE-4 cable, which

The Sugar Coated Shaft

Why hasn’t any real estate transaction been taxed in this budget? Could it be because everyone in Islamabad is heavily involved in the real estate business? Could it that files are being bought and sold by the mighty of this land that they don’

Removed From Reality

The reality is that no Caucasian in his/her right (and white) mind is going to be coming to Pakistan anytime soon.

IT or a time to get LIT?

... “Suckers bring your money and projects to Pakistan, but we as a Government don’t have faith in home-grown talent so we’re going elsewhere.”

Telecom Dreams Sold Dirt Cheap

If the Privatization Commission in Pakistan has a real asset then it is the telecommunications infrastructure of this country.

Shakir Husain

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