Adil Najam Unlike the 2006 FIFA World Cup, when Pakistan was represented in each and every game of the world’s premier sporting tournament – in the shape of Pakistani manufactured footballs – Pakistan will be missing in action at the 2010 FIFA Football World Cup that starts in South Africa later this week. This year’s […]
Sehar Tariq This is, what is called the “Murgha position” in Pakistan.A way to punish someone – often young students in school – for minor infractions. But this particular story of crime and punishment in Pakistan is slightly more novel.
Adil Najam The newly minted Minister of Finance and Revenue, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, presented the national budget for 2010-11 in the parliament. In his speech the Minister set high targets for tax revenue and justified this in the current economic context of the country as a “war economy.” The first may well prove to […]
