Magazine Editorial – Child feeding the father
This is just the third issue of ‘Global Village Space Magazine’ and we are pleased that we are being talked about from Islamabad to...
Challenges to bringing transparency in the Senate elections
The absence of rules, regulations and laws regarding horse-trading is one of the major challenges to bringing transparency in the Senate elections. The importance...
When the best and the brightest betray a nation!
A grandfather tells his grandson there are two wolves inside us, always at war with each other. One is a good wolf which represents...
23rd March: The Pakistan’s resolution walk down memory lane
The March 1940 Lahore Session of the All India Muslim League—the first in fifteen months—was an epoch-making meeting of the party. The session not...
GVS Exclusive: A Candid Discussion with Governor Sindh
GVS sat down with Muhammad Zubair Umar, Sindh’s 32nd Governor, to understand the complexities of the province and of Pakistan’s largest and most dynamic...
MQM: Existential Crisis or Cross Roads into the Unknown?
MQM-Pakistan’s lackluster performance in the Senate Elections of March 3, 2018, has sent shock waves across Pakistani politics. Dr. Farogh Naseem, the constitutional expert,...
Concerns and predictions on FATF situation for Pakistan – Dr Zubair Khan
Pakistan has adopted many money laundering laws so that we are compliant. But it took us too long such that first we went on...
Concerns and predictions on FATF situation for Pakistan – Nadeem Haque
If the US stops its aid, as it has done previously, it won’t have a very large impact on our economy. By this stage,...
Concerns and predictions on FATF situation for Pakistan – Haroon Sharif
It’s important to understand the FATF set standards, and they are working since 1989. Initially, they started on anti-money laundering focus, and then were...
The Paris Meeting: Always a foregone conclusion for Pakistan?
The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) was established by the G-7 Summit held in Paris in 1989. The initial task force...
Pakistan: Hard choices ahead for a ‘Soft State’
In his well-researched book, “A Hard Country”, Anatol Lieven attributed Pakistan’s survival from persistent internal and external crises to the extraordinary resilience of Pakistan’s...
Hafiz Saeed: Albatross around Pakistan’s Neck?
While FATF (Financial Action Task Force) proceedings at Paris, were non-transparent and Pakistan’s troubles at FATF are not single-dimensional, perhaps more political than professional;...