Month: May 2022
Politics and the Price Level
Andrew Yamakawa Elrod comments on inflation and the governance of prices in the Phenomenal World:…
Phuddoo Khata
WHATSAPP Shared: The phrase “Phuddoo Khata” refers to lawlessness, chaos, embezzlement, misappropriations and specially compromising…
The US-China “Thucydides Trap” and Pakistan
Ambassador G Rasool Baluch: In my earlier essay published in July 2020 in this paper,…
The Lost Art of Staying Put
Lucy Ellmann in The Baffler: NOT ALL THAT LONG AGO, air travel was a clear badge of…
عمران خان کے آزادی مارچ میں میرا حصہ
Naushad Usman, Jeddah-based Pakistani professional & entrepreneur, WhatsApp shares his ‘contribution’ to Imran Khan’s ‘Azadi…
Indian Western ‘Thar’ a New Netflix Release is More Mood than Plot
Thar, a new Netflix release, belongs to a distinct subversive genre. Long shots of desolate…
PM Shehbaz Asks Karachi Businessmen to Devise Plan for $1Bn Saudi Investment
Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif on Friday asked Karachi businessmen to devise a plan for an…
Saudi Stock Market Brief: Weekending May 20, 2022
By Ghiasuddin, JEDDAH: Oil prices went further up. WTI price increased by 6.14% and Brent…
The Cult of Winston Churchill
A new book from Tariq Ali argues that Britain needs to face up to the…
‘Don’t Feel Guilty’ and the ‘Quit’ Narrative Over Rising Inflation
“Don’t Feel Guilty”, India’s Defense Minister Rajnath Singh told a gathering of BJP workers in…
In Pakistan Politics and Economics are Strange Bedfellows (Video)
Polemics in the garb of intense politics (rather partisanship) may be giving Pakistan’s economy a…
“Hello” is About a Woman Trying to Reconnect (Video)
Adele’s ‘Hello’ was the fastest music video to hit 1 billion views on YouTube. The…