Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris knows a thing or two about operating among strongmen in their dictatorships
IT IS a measure of the limited appeal of Karachi, Pakistan's bumptious commercial capital, that eager taxi drivers try to lure their few tourist passengers to a laundry
Pakistan's central bank governor Syed Salim Raza resigns before our very eyes
Euromoney’s correspondent has spent more than two decades navigating Asia’s often fathomless vagaries. But this was an exceptional experience
THE best Asian budget airline story I’ve heard was in 2006, while taking a short walk in Pakistan’s Hindu Kush to visit the old princely state of Chitral, a Shangri-la where Osama bin Laden is said to be enjoying the alpine air and hospitality
The old is new again (minus ideas) in the murky world of Pakistani politics
AUSTRALIANS know how it feels. They felt it last November. A nation rises the day after an election with the warm inner glow of having voted for change, a fresh start. Everything seems new again. That's a bit how Pakistanis feel after last week's election. Civilian rule is to be restored after nine years of dictatorship. They voted out the pro-Taliban Islamists as well, so the terror-panicked West gets to feels the love too. Except that in Pakistan, it's always complicated.
Pakistani elections encourage investors
Pakistanis spurn a dictator and religious extremists in a long-awaited vote
Eric Ellis
A look at polls in Peshawar through the eyes of an election observer
The most pressing priority for Pakistan after today's brutal termination of the Bhutto dynasty is to stop this difficult nation plunging into civil war
How business thrives in Pakistan's Epaulette Empire - Why Bhutto would be bad for business
Pakistan's military dictator Pervez Musharraf has declared martial law, effectively mounting a coup on himself
A short walk with Eric
Newby
Warriors with scimitars and muskets have given way to warlords with AK-47s and
mobile phones, but there are still hidden valleys of timeless peace and beauty
The Iron Lady at the Heart of Pakistan's New Economy
IT WAS France’s wartime resistance leader and later President Charles de Gaulle who lamented how difficult effective governance was in a nation where there are 246 varieties of cheese. Pakistan’s new central banker Dr Shamshad Akhtar would sympathise
The Pakistan-Afghanistan border is awash with arms and drugs – and traces of Osama bin Laden
The former Australian batsman's "terrorist" slur on a South African player came as no surprise to those who have followed Jones' crass commentating career
East & Eden
For a truly inspiring Asian experience step off the well-trodden path. The top
10 must-visit holiday hotspots
Islamabad's long-delayed sale of state telecom operator PTCL should be encouragement -- and a warning
Musharraf to investors: ‘Help me fight terrorism’
President Pervez Musharraf wants to court foreign investors
Reputed to be incubators for terrorists, Islamic schools in Pakistan claim they are innocent – and are still waiting for long-promised Western aid
The First Women Bank of Pakistan may well be every banker’s dream
Finally, Some Good News for Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf is a happy man. The Pakistani President finds himself where no previous leader of his country has been before: running a boom economy. In the past four quarters, according to Pakistan’s Finance Ministry, GDP growth has averaged 8.4%—“the second-biggest economic expansion in Asia after China,” Musharraf crows.
Interview with Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf
Pakistan’s President General Pervez Musharraf defies conventional politics....
Oh Dior, Pakistan's Young Rich Get Their Very Own Trendy Style Bible
Karachi
Words like funky, groovy, ecstasy and sex sound like swearing when said within the confines of Karachi's toffy Sind Club.
But here in this creaking Anglophile temple of privilege, where Pakistan's "begums" lunch and gossip while their industrialist husbands keep them in the Christian Dior to which they've become accustomed, Fifi Haroon is out to shock ... sort of.