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We usually keep a close eye on indicators such as the influx of remittances, our foreign reserves and stock indices. But what we’ve just learned about remittance trends for March has actually caught us off guard… and in a good way! Over the last several years, rising remittances to Pakistan have been part of an [...]

Everyone I talk to is coming unglued about what happened in yesterday’s Pakistan-India semi-final. It would seem as if we weren’t talking about a game of Cricket but something of an unfathomable gravity! Look, I’m a huge cricket fan. Bigger than most. And on certain days, I can get down about sports too. But come [...]

This news item should have gotten a lot more coverage than it did. The Pentagon has launched a programme under which their operatives will be creating thousands of false identities on social networks to engage in “conversations” with people in the ME, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. The idea is to use software as a [...]

The kind of vicious campaign that has been conducted against Pakistan and Pakistanis in the international media over the last many years is really unprecedented. It appears that one can’t pick up a newspaper or newsmagazine that doesn’t go to great lengths to paint a malicious and incredibly warped picture of Pakistan. It was several [...]

I just have a good feeling about 2011. I think it’s going to be a great year. I’ve thought a lot about where the optimism is coming from, and I don’t think it’s all subjective. Very important things happened in 2010, such as the incredibly pivotal visit by the Chinese Premier to Pakistan, Pakistan’s establishment [...]

Back in December 2009, I had come up with a list of predictions for 2010. I may have gotten a little lucky this year, because many of these predictions were spot-on to an uncanny degree. Here’s how I fared: Political predictions I don’t see Asif Zardari making it through 2010. I think he will be [...]

It’s been about 3 weeks since the last post. I’ve got emails from many regular readers wondering where the hell I’ve disappeared. Thanks for asking, it’s gratifying, but rest assured, I am very much here. I’ve been traveling for work a bit too frequently and while I haven’t had much time to write during the [...]

The very word, “money” evokes interesting reactions amongst Pakistanis. Principally, there are two categories in which most responses fall. First, that money is unnecessary or trivial and that the Lord provides to whom He deems fit. And second, that money is the root of all evil, an instrument of Satan… and so on. The role [...]

Who can forget the recent controversy involving Facebook, some cartoons and a religious figure deeply revered by muslims. I don’t want to get into the details because they are not important. What is important, however, is the lessons we can learn from our ridiculous reactions to things we should really be ignoring. Nothing good comes from idiocy, [...]

This is just a short post. Here I am again, at the Dubai airport waiting to board my flight to Lahore. A bearded and otherwise very holy looking gentleman who is of Pakistani descent (I can tell because I heard him talk) but wearing Arab dress, has decided that it is in everyone’s best interest [...]