Tag: corruption
Second Start
Spearhead Analysis – 19.04.2019
Some off-road vehicles have a feature called ‘second start’. You activate that when the vehicle is stuck and you need a burst...
Jumping the Gun
Spearhead Analysis – 18.04.2019
By Farrukh Karamat
Senior Research Coordinator, Spearhead Research
Like most other leaderships in the World, the PTI leaders too are avid fans of social media...
Reforms have increased Pakistan’s tax collection, bribe rates: IMF
Performance-based salaries of tax officials in Pakistan have significantly increased tax collection but the government move has also enhanced bribe rates, says a recent...
Hong Kong’s New Extradition Law Could Prompt Exodus of Ultra-Rich
By OLIVIA LI
As the Hong Kong government launched changes to extradition rules to allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial, concerns...
Perception of Corruption
Spearhead Analysis – 26.02.2019
By Farrukh Karamat
Senior Research Coordinator, Spearhead Research
“Corruption is much more likely to flourish where democratic foundations are weak and, ……………………., where undemocratic and...
PTI government’s dilemma
By Javid Husain
The PTI government came into power last year, amidst accusations of political engineering and electoral rigging allegedly perpetrated by renegade elements belonging...
Caveat, Caesar
By F.S. Aijazuddin
MRS Margaret Thatcher, even when prime minister, made breakfast for her husband Dennis, to remind herself that she was also a spouse....
Food grains rot in India while millions live with empty stomachs
By Rajesh Trichur Venkiteswaran
India has enjoyed a bumper crop, with record high agricultural production in 2017–2018. India is the world’s largest producer of millets and the second largest...
Can US influence IMF bailout package to Pakistan?
By Yasmeen Aftab Ali
One point needs to be clarified at the onset. Ability of US to influence IMF decision in awarding a bailout package...
Nawaz Sharif waits to bury his claws into Pakistan’s democracy
By Shahab Jafry
He (Nawaz Sharif) understood, all too well, the shifting ideologies of Pakistan's popular media and the fickle nature of the general, voting...