opinion
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Allegorizing Arnab Goswami’s WhatsApp
Mosharraf Zaidi
The Arnab Goswami Whatsapp chats that have come to the fore during the Mumbai police investigations into the Indian talk show host’s conduct represent an important and powerful allegory for...
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The LNG story
Dr Miftah Ismail
Natural gas is environmentally friendly and the most efficient form of thermal energy. After coming to power, the PML-N and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi understood that making...
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An unfinished end
Mansoor Raza’
As per standard definitions, a public-private partnership involves collaboration between a government agency and a private-sector company that can be used to finance, build and operate projects,...
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Defying the pandemic
Rajko Kolundzic
On November 24, 2020, the S&P 500 hit a record, "defying” the pandemic the Wall Street Journal notes. The Journal added that stocks’ stellar year defied the virus and economic slump—describing...
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Trump’s legacy
S Qaisar Shareef
At noon on January 20 the presidency of Donald Trump will have come to an end and this one-term, twice-impeached president will be gone.From the day he launched his campaign in 2015, it was clear he...
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A deeper problem
Caesar Poblicks
Since hundreds of rioters stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, much of the international community’s focus has been on the...