EU’s recent trade concession giving tariff waivers to 75 categories of textile imports from Pakistan for three years has evoked exaggerated criticism from EU textile firms contending that since 75% of these relate to textile clothing, leather and related products, it would potentially destroy 140000 jobs in the EU countries. For the record these goods…

Travelling abroad one hears a constant refrain about Pakistan, when is the anticipated change going to take place, and how is it going to happen? Even non-Pakistanis interested in Pakistan felt that something had to give and soon. Talking to the “Geneva Asia Society” in Geneva, and then at a fund-raiser for David Miliband in…