ISLAMABAD:An already understaffed bureaucracy in Pakistan will face a more entrenched manpower shortage when about 82 top bureaucrats retire by the end of next year, according to official figures. While 33 bureaucrats have already retired …

The last SMS on my mobile as I left Delhi was from a friend who has been watching cricket — on the field, not in the drawing room — for more than four decades. His …

Governance is the easy part of being in power. You govern through systems. Systems are protected by institutions. Institutions grind their way forward on hierarchy, oiled by memory or precedence. When there is need for …

We usually start like this Hi, can I have a favor from you, other person says SURE and we start I need this, by the way did you see this etc etc.. …

RAWALPINDI: Selection Board of Pakistan Army, headed by Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani on Friday recommended 26 Brigadiers for promotion to the rank of Major General. Selection Board for promotion of Brigadiers …

Reference to the Islamic history and Pakistan’s independence period, I want to go a step further and will recommend to select/elect every Chief of Army staff as president after retirement and the present Army chief …

PESHAWAR: The NWFP Governor, Mr. Owais Ahmed Ghani has said that present is the age of fittest of the fittest to ensure survival, one must be well organized, managed, well versed and skilled to do …