Question: About yourself, professional achievements and accolades Ans. I was selected as a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and serve on the Board and the Executive Committee of the American Pakistan Foundation. Previously I served as President of The Citizens Foundation-USA, a non-profit dedicated to building schools for underprivileged children….
As in most other countries, family business plays an important role in the national economy of Pakistan. About 80% of our economy are created by family business. But family business seems to be in a kind of crisis today. A huge chunk of Pakistan’s 22 richest family-owned businesses, tracing back to the 1960s and 70s…
Co-Chairman Pathfinder Group Zarrar Sehgal: I would like to welcome you on behalf of the Pathfinder Group to the annual Pakistan Breakfast at Davos. Obviously we had to take a two-year break because of the pandemic but this has been an annual feature at Davos, going back many decades where we had the pleasure to…
Suicide Attacks Four soldiers were killed in a suicide blast at a military convoy in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan District on August 8, reports Dawn. The deceased soldiers were identified as Lance Naik Shahzaib (22), a resident of Mansehra (KP), Lance Naik Sajjad (26), hailing from Ghizer (Pakistan-administered Kashmir), Sepoy Umair (25), a…
Commodore Sadeed Malik: Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim. I am Commodore Retired Sadeed Malik. I am the Chief Executive Officer of Karachi Council on Foreign Relations. It’s an honor and a great pleasure, Excellency, to welcome you. As desired by you that it should be just an informal meeting, so we only have the members of the Board Of Governors….
Contemporary Indian politics under the government of Narendra Damodardas Modi has added a new chapter in the history of Indian politics, which has witnessed the prevalence of various ideologically fanatical political trends under different political regimes of New Delhi. The changing faces of governments remained effective in suppressing the rights of the non-Hindu segments of…
Bomb/IED Blasts A Police constable was killed while five others, including three Policemen, were injured in a blast at a checkpost near Chamtar area of Mardan District on July 7, reports Dawn. District Police Officer (DPO) Irfanullah Khan said that the explosion took place at approximately 10:45am. The DPO said unknown “terrorists” planted a device beneath…
Introduction It was established in Part-1, (previous issue of DJ) that the age of Hazrat Ayesha (RA) has been misreported due to historical, reporting error and poor memory of the narrator. Quoting unreliable/doubtful/abrogated Hadiths is blasphemy, derogatory, and taken offensive by Muslims. It is time now that the Muslim scholars publicly announce abrogation of this…
According to CGAP, it is estimated that around 1.2 billion adults worldwide were able to gain access to formal financial accounts for the first time between 2011 and 2017, which represents a 35% growth over a six-year period. This tremendous feat was achieved due to the efforts of players other than banks such as mobile…
Introduction Without addressing “financial inclusion” on a war footing it will be impossible to close the gap between the haves and have-nots with respect to benefitting from the banking system. Their lives must be brought into the financial comfort zone by access to services, products and commodities presently available only to limited number of citizens…
