Read More WWorld Why Corruption is Worse Than RobberybyAsif ZaidiJuly 30, 2017 Corruption is the abuse of public or private office for personal motives. Its most common forms are embezzlement,…
Read More WWorld Some Thoughts in the Aftermath of the Tragedy in ParisbyAsif ZaidiJanuary 19, 2015 OUR REACTIONS Nothing at all justifies the deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo’s journalists, still less on the Jewish…
Read More WWorld The Real Story of the Laal Masjid (Red Mosque)byAsif ZaidiDecember 21, 2014 PREAMBLE In the wake of Peshawar’s massacre of schoolchildren, the Laal Masjid (Red Mosque) of Islamabad is once…
Read More WWorld Freedom of Expression and the Modern MediabyAsif ZaidiFebruary 3, 2014 Of the important media of information in our age the mention must be made of TV and Internet.…
Read More WWorld The Real Heritage of PakistanbyAsif ZaidiNovember 19, 2013 A few days ago I visited the world-renowned petroglyphs (rock carvings) at Tamgaly, which is a UNESCO World…
Read More WWorld SCALING JINNAH’S MAUSOLEUM TO SEARCH FOR HIS PAKISTANbyAsif ZaidiAugust 15, 2013 When the country’s birthday has become a “media circus” and an “Islamic day” glorifying our horrors and mistakes…
Read More WWorld Syria’s War, Another Tragedy on Euphrates that nobody wants to endbyAsif ZaidiAugust 10, 2013 PROLOGUE It has been well over two years since the Syrian opposition, propelled by long-held and varying grievances,…
Read More WWorld WHAT PERPETUATES LOW INCOME MOBILITY IN PAKISTAN FROM CHILDHOODbyAsif ZaidiAugust 7, 2013 Corruption? Nepotism? Lack of meritocracy? Low GDP growth? Yes, all of these and more. But in the final…
Read More WWorld WHAT AILS PAKISTAN CRICKETbyAsif ZaidiAugust 6, 2013 Almost every day I hear analyses from cricket pundits in Pakistan that the standard of the game in…
Read More WWorld ‘Women in Hiding’, Directed by Taliban, Running Successfully in Dark CornersbyAsif ZaidiJuly 20, 2013 The above production has now hit the marketplace of Karak, a town in KPK, which is ruled by…