ADVICE FROM DISNEYLAND
The Shaukat Tarin/Hina Rabbani Khar budget for 2009-10 is no different from any other Pakistani budget presented in the last two decades. There is nothing in there which will tangibly do anything for the 180 million wretched Pakistanis who find it difficult to make ends meet. Pakistani budgets are like Pakistani movies where viewers can...
AN ODE TO SHAUKAT AZIZ
Since about October 12th 2007 the news in the country and internationally hasn’t really allowed us to pay homage to a great patriot who gave us 9 years of his life and has recently left with a heavy heart for greener pastures. I speak of Shaukat Aziz who has recently left for London and then...
ENLIGHTENED FLIPFLOPPING
Much has been made about “softening” the image of Pakistan, and how we should pursue the path of “enlightened moderation” to show the world that Pakistan is a modern and responsible Muslim state which should be a model for the entire Islamic “Ummah”. Though I haven’t quite figured out what “enlightened moderation” exactly means, I...
IT or a time to get LIT?
… “Suckers bring your money and projects to Pakistan, but we as a Government don’t have faith in home-grown talent so we’re going elsewhere.” People always ask me what it’s like running my own software company in Pakistan, and I usually never know how to reply. On one level it is one of the most...
