Category: Pakistan
Points to Ponder
Talking Points from an editorial in Dawn: –Pakistan is in a debt trap.–It must borrow…
From Boom to Bust: 3 Graphs of Interest
How things were going for Pakistan during the period 1960 thru 1991 (30 years). And…
Vichch Pulase (Which Place)
Habib Khan, Quetta: More than twenty years ago, I was returning from a short trip…
Call for Ban on Rs5,000 Banknotes
–The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce (OICCI) has called for a ban on Rs5,000 banknotes…
Learning a Language Involves the Body, Not Just the Brain
Michael Erard in the European Review of Books: Language as self, language learning as magic,…
Gas From Iran
The Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline is of paramount importance for the rulers, as the lives and…
Portrait of Artist Mansoora Hasan as a Young Woman
Dr. Azra Raza’s eloquent tribute to her beloved friend Mansoora Hasan, a Pakistani painter par…
‘The Use of Political Power to Achieve Economic Gains’
by Umair Javed at Dawn: The Chinese state is remarkable in that it has struck…
India’s Despotic Election
The playing field is tilted decisively in favor of the ruling party. The chances of…
Saturday Poem: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
English translation of ‘Kal Aaj Aur Kal’ -Urdu poem by Aitzaz Ahsan: In the prime…
A Tale of Two Football Matches
by Engr. Habib Khan from Quetta: In my youth days, I happened to be in…