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Rise of the rest

Or plain US decline? Former Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria’s famous Rise Of The Rest thesis – emerging economies spearheaded by China eating away at US hegemony – was playing itself out<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/04/26/rise-of-the-rest/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Apr 26, 2014
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Mir’s tragedy

Some commentators and writers have pointed out that the Hamid Mir’s killers did not want to kill him but wanted to frighten him, that’s why they did not go for headshots. The<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/04/26/mirs-tragedy/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Apr 26, 2014
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Sanity must prevail

Hold judgment till Enquiry Commission’s report The Senate adopted a unanimous resolution condemning the attack on Hamid Mir while urging the government to take steps to protect the journalists. Similar resolutions were<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/04/23/sanity-must-prevail/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Apr 23, 2014
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Media in crosshairs

Journalists paying heavy price for doing their job   Over the last few years Pakistani media has been in the crosshairs of a number of organisations, civil as well as military, which<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/04/20/media-in-crosshairs/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Apr 20, 2014
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The Miraculous Life of Gabriel García Márquez

The Colombian author’s book One Hundred Years of Solitude established him as the defining member of a movement known as magic realism. A Nobel laureate, García Márquez died on April 17 having<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/04/19/the-miraculous-life-of-gabriel-garcia-marquez/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Apr 19, 2014
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After TTP infighting

What, after all, is the use of these talks? The infighting among TTP groups has raised a number of disturbing questions. It was maintained that the TTP is a monolith united on<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/04/19/after-ttp-infighting/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Apr 19, 2014
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Will Sharif walk the talk?

Implementing reforms in education sector The continuing negligence of the education sector in Pakistan reveals itself in several ways. The budget figures negate the claims made by successive governments regarding their concern<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/03/30/will-sharif-walk-the-talk/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Mar 30, 2014
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Always needing the Fund’s blessings

That is, after all, where the money comes from It has been quite a show for the finance ministry recently. Never mind the economy, note the economics. Sure, we missed a condition<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/03/29/always-needing-the-funds-blessings/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Mar 29, 2014