http://afripol.org/ Oil business be it distribution, trading or exploration is capital intensive that requires enhanced technical know-how and optimal efficiency in management. Without tactical and strategic planning and implementation, it becomes quite easy to go into debts. The problem of debts that was accumulated by Ifeanyi Ubah and its Capital Oil is an indicative of […]
ROTC Comments on WikiLeaks Censorship
Last week, I wrote an article titled “Obama’s 13526 Mistake: ROTC Censorship”. The article was based on quotes from Professor Stephen Zunes of the University of San Francisco and my interview with the Public Affairs Office of the US Army Cadet Command. After publication, I received a phone call from Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Hackathorn from […]
War on terror
MUNICH: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said that after Afghanistan, perhaps no country had suffered more in human and material terms than Pakistan. The minister said this while speaking at the 45th Security Conference in Munich, Germany. “We lost our great leader Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed to terrorists. Nearly 2,000 Pakistanis lost their […]
Burger King’s Angry Whopper – a Case Study in Challenging Times
In challenging days such as the ones we are experiencing, it is common to see two lead types of business culture emerge – those that cower and cocoon and those that explore and redefine. They exist as a ying-yang, built on the halves of fear and curiosity. The most successful organizations perfect an admirable balance. […]
US, Pak playing double games
Saeed Minhas writes from Islamabad: The report by Pakistan Policy Group titled "the Next Chapter: The United States and Pakistan" reviewed and endorsed by former Deputy Secretary of State, Richard L.Armitage and co-chair of 9/11 Commission, Lee H. Hamilton has covered the topic with the same tunnel vision and myopic understanding which has landed the […]
Mumbai Attacks Show Terrorism in the Digital Age
According to investigators and police, the heavily armed terrorists who set out for Mumbai by sea last week navigated with Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment,. They carried BlackBerrys, CDs holding high-resolution satellite images like those used for Goolge Earth maps and multiple cellphones with switchable SIM cards that would be hard to track. As […]