Running Scared
Shakir Husain Aug 3, 2005 interacts: 30The 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
Asif Naqshbandi Jul 13, 2005 interacts: 215
Every man who is aware of his secret
He becomes concealed even from the skies
The mullah says that Ahmad went to
Hightech Rumpus
Shakir Husain Jun 29, 2005 interacts: 8It only takes a few of these 'outages' for a foreign client to actually terminate a contract based on the perceived inadequate infrastructure. Yet there
Global Aid: A Double Edged Weapon
Subhash Agrawal Jun 22, 2005 interacts: 3Many NGOs in India, and indeed around the world, think they can do no wrong and that their word ought to be final. Perhaps it
Anarkali
Asif Naqshbandi Jun 21, 2005 interacts: 27Anarkali is becoming increasingly reckless; Salim in a state of confusion is trying to get her to stop with motions of his head and signals
Towards a more Sustainable Growth of Pakistan
Usama Siddiqui Jun 16, 2005 interacts: 21Focus on industrialization, for a country like Pakistan where the majority of the labor force is unskilled, raises the unemployment rate, results in a skewed
Union Strike One
Rezwan Bajwa Jun 14, 2005 interacts: 61Something out of the ordinary has happened over the past 3 weeks. The PTCL workers Union has pulled off a successful strike and has managed
Fourth Letter to Uncle Sam
Khalid Hasan May 27, 2005 interacts: 29'Once military aid starts flowing, the first people you should arm are these mullahs. They would also need American-made rosaries and prayer mats, not to
Boom-Box Mentality
Mohammad A Raza May 18, 2005 interacts: 9Foreign Aids and Remittances can play a minute role in the careful management of the economy but can rarely be considered as the definitive factor
Amrita Pritam
Umair Raja May 15, 2005 interacts: 369
Today, I call Waris Shah, “Speak from inside your grave”
And turn, today, the book of love’s next affectionate page
Selling the Family Silver
Kamal Siddiqi May 5, 2005 interacts: 6Privatization in Pakistan is seen as the strategy that will correct all past wrongs of the public sector. But two questions arise: Is the wholesale
Violation of Personal Space
Samina W Perozani Apr 18, 2005 interacts: 5Email scans are not just conceivable but they are a sad truth which most of us are unable to come to terms with. Evidently, Big
First Letter To Uncle Sam
Khalid Hasan Apr 16, 2005 interacts: 38I had long wanted to translate these letters into English ... What we have here is vintage Manto.
The Easy Path to Publication is paved with Your Dollars
Hafsa Ahsan Mar 30, 2005 interacts: 4The phrase refers more specifically to the working of those organizations which claim to promote writers/poets and their work, yet in reality, their sole function
Doctors Role in Organizing Health Services
Tallat Abid Mar 25, 2005 interacts: 9Our health system has been designed, developed and maintained by politicians rather than physicians which is one of the most distressing aspects of health care
Pakistan’s Software Industry
Athar Osama Mar 11, 2005 interacts: 348Pakistan’s Nascent, often over/under-rated software industry (depending on how you look at it), maybe ready for a take-off. Provided we make the right choices. This
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