Islamic Banking – a Sham

The Holy Prophet (pbuh) was, apart from anything religious, a great Reformer. However, the Holy Prophet (pbuh) appears (please forgive me if I am wrong)

Protecting your ICT Software Rights

Are all of us thieves?

Digital Desis or Giant Managers?

Under the cover of the InfoTech explosion India has also precipitated another less recognized revolution. It is slowly but steadily taking over the managerial and

Taming of the Shrew – In Reverse

He had to content himself with putting his wife on notice that he would kill his wayward son, his unacceptable wife, and any of their

The Political-Economy of the South Asian Economic Union

While SAFTA doesn't seem to make immediate economic sense, a South Asian Economic Union (SAEU) may still make considerable political sense, provided its anchor country,

The Forgotten Economics of SAFTA

Free trading areas, and especially economic unions, whenever they come about, require tremendous commitment and impose disproportionate costs on various segments of the populations of

The Leveling of America

Friedman shows us how the world became flat and isolates ten flatteners of the world. The flatteners range from computer technology to changing political ideology.

War and Peace

'Paash' was representative of the new trend in Punjabi poetry which evolved during the Naxalite movement and ushered a departure from the predominently romantic

To Build or Not to Build New Cities

R Kumari: A slice of Josh Malihabadi's life

For God’s sake. you are going to a mandir in Benaras pretending you are a Hindu?

Irrational Exuberance – Gambling on Pakistani property market

Investing in real estate has become a national craze with property prices in Islamabad matching those of London. But be aware, this could all end

Pipe Dreams?

Pakistan has three natural gas rich countries in the region i.e. Turkmenistan, Iran and Qatar, all of whom are looking

Coming of Age

It’s been a decade since Pakistan wired up to the World Wide Web. The journey, somewhat jerky and problematic, has nonetheless been an extraordinary one.

Running Scared

The cardinal rule of business everywhere is 'survival of the fittest.' while in Pakistan it is 'survival of the fattest -- and the most connected.'

Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed: The Naked Sufi Martyr

Every man who is aware of his secret
He becomes concealed even from the skies
The mullah says that Ahmad went to

Hightech Rumpus

It only takes a few of these 'outages' for a foreign client to actually terminate a contract based on the perceived inadequate infrastructure. Yet there