The great VPN fuss
It is not simply a matter of being interrupted, or even delayed, while downloading a cat video. It is not a matter...
Will G20 wake up?
Brazilian President Ignacia de Silva Lula may have been inspired by the poverty of his childhood, but when he told the G20...
Selling everything
The decision by the Ishaq Dar led task-force to sell 35% of all future gas discoveries made in Pakistan to private companies...
After the IMF team…
The special IMF team, which very emphatically denied that it was conducting a review, has left, with no min-budget recommendation. That did...
Controlling information
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s campaign to register VPNs, or Virtual Private Networks, received a boost from the Council of Islamic Ideology, which...
Agricultural income tax
Punjab became the first province to pass a law bringing its agricultural income tax law more into line with the demands of...
IMF talks
A special IMF delegation has been holding talks with the Federal Board of Revenue and seems satisfied at keeping its collection target...
UNFCCC COP 29
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif joined the many voices calling for climate justice, though perhaps at the wrong time. With a climate change...
OIC-Arab League summit
It should not be forgotten that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation came into being in 1969 over the Palestine issue. After the...
The PCB must take a firm stance against the BCCI’s refusal to tour Pakistan
It was no surprise that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has refused to allow the Indian Cricket Team...
Quetta Railway Station Blast
The Tragic blast at Quetta Railway Station, which is being attributed to the Balochistan Liberation Army, reflects the failure of both the...
Living off the diaspora
The rise in remittances in October was welcome, especially as they exceeded October, which in turn was higher than September. However, theory...
Paying for transmission
The conversion of domestic consumers while piggybacking on the distribution companies has an element of social irresponsibility, because it leaves the less...
IMF comes calling
The closeness with which the IMF is monitoring, and some would even say supervising the government as a result of the Extended...
Trump’s back
It is always possible for a one-term President of the USA to make a comeback and be re-elected, to the extent that...