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News for Monday, 18 Jul 2011

No quick fixes

Karachi blues

 

Among the major failures of the present government is its inability to bring peace to Karachi. Topmost government figures have come to Karachi...

Russia criticises West’s backing of Libyan rebels

Russia criticised on Monday the United States and other countries that have recognised the rebel National Transitional Council as Libya's legitimate government, saying they were taking sides in the civil...

Comrades in print

Occupational hazards

 

Not an easy job, the reporter's. For, amongst the hordes of hacks trying to make their way in the fourth estate, what could...

SBP autonomy?

As I write this article it is not clear whether the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the institution responsible for and the regulator of the banking industry in...

Troubling narratives

Some time in mid-2009, I had the opportunity to travel to Mardan and meet with IDPs displaced from Swat and other areas in two camps. Without the comfort...

Beta, what version is this?

If there is one activity I love wasting time at, by which I mean doing even when there is no need of doing it, it has to be...

At least 30 killed in factional fighting in Syria

At least 30 people were killed at the weekend in clashes between residents in Homs, a rights group said, in the first factional fighting since protests against Syrian President Bashar...

A mad world

The lights have gone out once again in the city of lights, this time swallowed within the dark cloacal depths of Zulfiqar Mirza’s maw. It grows ever more...

Rhys Ifans to join new Bond film

According to a new report, the next James Bond film has just gotten a new jolt of homespun energy. Welsh star Rhys Ifans has joined the upcoming Sam Mendes-directed film,...

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