Threat or opportunity?

'Threat or opportunity?'was published on Sunday,October 24, 2010 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Threat or opportunity?

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: October 24, 2010

While most success stories of BRIC economies have based their progress on providing basic and functional education to the larger public, each of our governments has tried to make splashy investments in brick and mortar for building physical resources, rather than investing in building mental reservoirs of skill and talent


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In the name of ‘loyalty’

'In the name of ‘loyalty’'was published on Sunday,October 17, 2010 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

In the name of 'loyalty'

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: October 17, 2010

Why do leaders not see the folly of making decisions that alienate them from the public, their own supporters and from reality? The answer lies primarily in not having people around them who can question their authority and show them the long-term destructive impact of their short-term skin-saving tactics



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Strokes of ‘genius’

'Strokes of ‘genius’'was published on Sunday,October 10, 2010 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Strokes of ‘genius’

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: October 10, 2010

Politicians have a re-launching strategy that ranges from changing their appearance to changing their vocabulary. They make heroic attempts at looking repentant and admitting to their mistakes. They also try hair transplants or hair dyes highlighting their black hair vs white sideburns


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Uncommon Commonwealth 'Games'

'Uncommon Commonwealth 'Games''was published on Sunday,October 3, 2010 in DailyTimes. Below is an excerpt of the article along with the link below.

Uncommon Commonwealth 'Games'

By Andleeb Abbas

Date: October 3, 2010

The South Asian countries have a legacy of having a hierarchical culture where being subservient to position is the ultimate dream of the majority of its inhabitants. Having seen the British rule tower over them, most countries in the region have found the civil service rule installed by the British and the legacy of bureaucratic government procedures extremely difficult to dismantle


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