Amir Zia is a senior Pakistan-based journalist who has worked for leading international and national media organizations, including Reuters, AP, Gulf News, The News, Samaa TV, and Newsline.
Whether Imran Khan’s tsunami proves a mere storm in a tea cup or a genuine game changer, he is to be credited for making the electoral contest a lot more colourful.
The Tilism-e-Hoshruba, a classic Urdu treasure, has been re-published to fire the reader’s imagination with tales of magic, wars, bewitching beauties and heroes from the camp of the Arab warrior, Amir Hamza.
By using the labour unions to thwart KESC’s attempts to revamp and restructure, the government is defeating the very purpose of privatisation and scaring away potential investors.
Faced with increasing pressure from the IMF and the World Bank, will the PPP government swallow the bitter pill of reforms or resort to stalling tactics yet again?