Tag: Dawn News Column
A dangerous thaw – F.S. Aijazuddin
GOVERNANCE in Pakistan, like the Arctic icecap, is melting. Its fragments are collapsing into an ocean of incompetence.
Socio-geologists detect signs of an irreversible change...
The prairie fire of inflation By Khurram Husain
THE monetary policy statement released on Friday had several notable things to focus on but consider one for now: core inflation. This indicator...
Whatever happened to integrity? | Abbas Nasir
IN less than four weeks Pakistan will be marking the 50th anniversary of one of its deepest self-inflicted wounds. But anyone hoping that any...
Down inflation road, again By Khurram Husain
THIS is not the first time we are seeing growth with inflation in our country. We have been down this road before, and it...
Exporting surpluses – F.S. Aijazuddin
SEQUELS are best avoided, unless one is a Steven Spielberg. He followed his hugely successful natural horror film Jaws with three sequels. Margaret Mitchell’s...
TacklingChildCare – Zofeen T. Ebrahim
AMONG the many lessons the world has learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic on how to build better, an important one is to address and...
Lull before the storm | Abbas Nasir
A STAND-OFF over the appointment of a new head of the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate between the two main components of the incumbent hybrid system...
What should Imran Khan do? By Pervez Hoodbhoy
PRIME MINISTER Imran Khan says he wants a welfare state like that of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in the seventh century. Many Pakistanis want...
Game changing bombast By Khurram Husain
NOW here is something amusing. Remember that huge project that the minister for maritime affairs, Ali Zaidi, announced towards the end of September? It...
Bend it like… – F.S. Aijazuddin
ETHNICITY is the underside of nationality. No one is more acutely aware of this than political refugees — persons who turn their backs on...