PEOPLE who want to protect trees are not necessarily anti-development. They provide a much-needed antithesis, a bit like the socialists of old without whom the

Friday, 27 Nov, 2009

AS the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari has unfortunately revealed himself to be a man of extremes. For long stretches, Pakistanis do not hear from their

Friday, 27 Nov, 2009

EU officials are casting a wary eye at Ukraine as it prepares for watershed presidential elections in January that look likely to spark a lurch back towards the

Friday, 27 Nov, 2009

THE joint statement issued in Washington after talks between President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday goes to show the broad

Friday, 27 Nov, 2009

EIDUL AZHA, the culmination of Haj, comprises a number of rituals associated with Prophet Ibrahim, Hazrat Hajira and their son Prophet Ismail. The founding of

Friday, 27 Nov, 2009

BRITISH-BASED banks will be forced to reveal how many of their employees earn more than GBP1m a year under new laws expected to show that hundreds, perhaps

Friday, 27 Nov, 2009

ONE of the many problems that Afghan President Hamid Karzai faces in his second stint is the proper use of foreign aid. So far the funding the war-torn country

Friday, 27 Nov, 2009

ON early evidence, we cautiously welcome the federal government’s Aghaz-i-Haqooq-i-Balochistan as a much-needed step in the right direction. The package, which

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

THE central bank’s decision to cut interest rates by just half a percentage point to 12.5 per cent shows that the bank would rather tread cautiously on the path

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009

THE International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women observed on Wednesday came as a timely reminder of the futility of efforts ostensibly being

Thursday, 26 Nov, 2009