| In pursuit of criminals! | | Good riddance! I wonder what their Maker will conclude? Last week saw the death of one of the world’s worst practitioners of crimes against humanity — Jorge Rafael Videla, aged 87, the former military dictator of Argentina. He died while serving a life sentence. | | Of smart governance | | We live in a world in profound transition where mounting governance challenges have become more complex at both the national and global levels. | | Silence of the vultures | | The only surprising fact about most corruption stories is that anyone in authority gets surprised. Everyone in charge knew that the Commonwealth Games organising committee was buying toilet paper at art paper prices, and turf at the rate of platinum. | | Whither traditional votes? | | Pakistan voted for continuity as well as change. The commanding victory achieved by two-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif showed that voters put their faith in experience. | | Pakistan’s electoral equation | | One small step forward for Nawaz Sharif, the new election winner, but one big step forward for Pakistan. The religious parties and their militant, sometimes violent, followers have won so few votes they will play no significant role in parliament. | |
