Humair Ishtiaq

CHAMPIONS TROPHY: Image Is The Key

Pakistan has a serious problem marketing itself as a safe destination for those who can afford to stay away. It is... Published 30 Aug, 2008 12:00am

INTERVIEW : The American angle

“The US system is not infallible; it is accountable,” says the US spokesman in Pakistan.Notwithstand- ing the... Published 23 Aug, 2008 12:00am

Old foxes and young Turks

KARACHI: Talking to a range of economists covering an array of colours, shades and hues of opinions, one gets the... Published 11 May, 2008 12:00am

Uncertainty surrounds windmill project

KARACHI, May 8: Even though it has its reservations over the tariff approved by the National Electric Power... Published 09 May, 2008 12:00am

Advances in good corporate governance agenda

WITH the recent signing of an agreement between the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) and the International... Published 03 Mar, 2008 12:00am

Rural Sindh on a spending spree

KARACHI: Excluding the provincial capital which has its own dynamics and dimensions, elections in Sindh entail a... Published 17 Feb, 2008 12:00am

The show must go on

A month after Benazir Bhutto`s assassination, people in Sindh are upset at the turn of events in the immediate... Published 27 Jan, 2008 12:00am

Uncertainty marks life in services sector

KARACHI: AS things stand right now, the all-important Services sector does not quite know which way the tide may ... Published 21 Dec, 2007 12:00am

It is life as usual for the masses

KARACHI: The common man in whose name all policies are made and, if party manifestos are anything to go by, who is... Published 21 Dec, 2007 12:00am

Lopsided growth hampering unemployment

AS pointed out by the annual report released for the fiscal year 2006-07 by the State Bank of Pakistan, employment... Published 12 Nov, 2007 12:00am

The widening gap between industry and academia

THE gulf between industry and academia is not a new phenomenon by any means. To be frank, it is a yawning gap that... Published 29 Oct, 2007 12:00am

Losing one billion a day

REGARDLESS of the reasons of geopolitics behind the phenomenon and equally regardless of the doubts over its... Published 22 Oct, 2007 12:00am

KARACHI : Devoted to peace, committed to retaliation

KARACHI, Sept 28: In the wake of recent statements coming out of Nine Zero, headquarters of the Muttahida Qaumi... Published 29 Sep, 2007 12:00am

KARACHI: Fear of the unknown grips city

KARACHI, Sept 25: Amid fast-changing political occurrences at the national level, apprehension and fear – and not... Published 26 Sep, 2007 12:00am