Showing posts with label Daily Times. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daily Times. Show all posts
Tuesday, 3 November 2020

Where does the buck stop?

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Published in Daily Times on November 1, 2020  By  Shakir Lakhani If you ask anyone on the streets whether the PTI government has made life e...
Thursday, 13 August 2020

What if the subcontinent had not been partitioned?

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published in daily times on AUGUST 13, 2020 If you ever wondered what would the situation have been today had partition not taken place ...
Tuesday, 11 August 2020

What will future historians write about Pakistan?

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Published in Daily Times on August 1, 2020 I wonder how future historians of the country will view Pakistan in these crisis-ridden times. I ...
Tuesday, 23 June 2020

Government should open Karachi’s beaches for the public

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 Published in Daily Times on June 23, 2020 The government recently relaxed restrictions and lifted the lockdown imposed for the past two mon...
Wednesday, 27 May 2020

Will our people accept the Covid-19 vaccine?

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Published in Daily Times on May 27, 2020 A few days back I read an article in the New York Times about what would happen if half of the U.S....
Saturday, 2 May 2020

Has Pakistan lost the war against Coronavirus?

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Published in Daily Times on MAY 2, 2020 I’m one of the lucky few who have been able to stay at home while my assistants are also working fro...
Friday, 17 April 2020

Government should get out of the sugar business

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Published in Daily Times on April 17, 2020 No one should have been surprised at the recent report on sugar and wheat shortage in the coun...
Tuesday, 31 March 2020

Lockdown: violators should be punished

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Published in Daily times on MARCH 31, 2020 It’s been many days since I last went out of my house. The good men who manage the affairs of ...
Thursday, 19 March 2020

Black magic, astrology and all that mumbo jumbo

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Published in Daily Times on March 20, 2020 The one thing you find in most countries (particularly India and Pakistan) is a strong belief in ...
Tuesday, 25 February 2020

Keamari gas leak: what really happened?

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Published in Daily Times on February 25, 2020 I have worked for most of my life in the petroleum and other industries, located at the shore...
Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Make the punishment fit the crime!

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Published in Daily Times on February 19, 2020 I’ve often wondered why Pakistan is in such a sorry state. Why, for instance, do people displa...
Tuesday, 4 February 2020

It’s not corruption, it’s perception, stupid!

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Published in Daily Times on February 12, 2020 The ruling party went into panic mode after the publication of Transparency International’s re...
Monday, 3 February 2020

Reactions to the death of Danish

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Published in Daily Times on February 3, 2020 In this great republic (often called the Land of the Pure), which has been reportedly turned in...
Sunday, 26 January 2020

Land grabbing, Vawda and corruption

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By  Shakir Lakhani   Published in Daily Times on January 26, 2020 It’s the kind of thing that has been happening for centuries and us...
Tuesday, 21 January 2020

Will the flour shortage change anything?

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Published in Daily Times on January 21, 2020 Last week people had only one thing to discuss: the very able Faisal Vawda placing a boot on a ...
Thursday, 16 January 2020

I no speak English!

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Published in Daily Times on January 15, 2020 Embed from Getty Images We should really be grateful to the selectors for choosing such high...
Tuesday, 7 January 2020

The emperor has no clothes

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Published in Daily Times on January 6, 2020 It’s been over 15 months since the Dear Leader was imposed upon us in the hope that he would ea...