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Pakistan Finally Admits Its Role In The Mumbai Terror Attacks

Reenita Malhotra — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:20:57 +0000

Pakistan has finally acknowledged that last year’s terrorist attack on Mumbai was planned on its soil. This is the clearest sign yet that Pakistan intends to cooperate with international efforts to prosecute those behind the attacks.

Pakistan’s Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik spoke during a press conference in Islamabad Thursday.

On Thursday, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said eight suspects from the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group were behind the attacks and could face prosecution. But why now? Why has Pakistan decided to admit this after months of denial?

When the attacks occurred, it was clear as day that they had been planned on Pakistani soil. However at the time Pakistani officials strictly denied any involvement and even went as far as to accuse India of strategizing the attacks to find an excuse to point fingers at Pakistan. No wonder then that relations between the two South Asian countries plummeted and rumors of war and attack have been on the forefront ever since.

Pakistan has decided to come clean only because officials in Washington have pushed them to conduct a thorough investigation and offer a complete, public accounting of what they found. The country knows the entire international community is watching and wants to see justice. However, it has stayed silent on Indian accusations that elements of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency has played a role in plotting the attack.(WSJ)

But India wants action. Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee berated Pakistan for taking so so long to admit its involvement. (BBC)

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2008….Cause For Inspiration? The Economic Year In Review

Reenita Malhotra — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:28:25 +0000

Hope-Despair, a painting by Feroza Unvala

2008 - what a year! As we get ready to draw the curtains on one of the most unsettling economic years in history, we the writers of the Inspired Economist are still wondering… was this year one that has left our battered economy begging for inspiration? Or have the sustainable events of 2008 spearheaded the initiation of what we believe is truly an Inspired Economy?

2008 was about the $700 billion bailout. Foreclosures. The plummeting stock market. As the year came to a close, the nation’s economic turmoil battled with the presidential election. But it was also a time when new businesses were born into what appears to be an unprecedented sustainability boom. When energy, economy and environment have taken on a new and inter-dependent definition.

As we position our economy to take off on this inspiring eve of the Obama generation, let’s reflect on the change that has come into play this year……

The First Quarter

The first quarter of the year saw the idea of social entrepreneuring take flight beyond the borders of America.

Cover of Jeffery Sach’s book Common Wealth

It was also the time when the Center for Resource Solutions launched the Environmental Tracking Network of North America – North America’s first network organization for renewable energy and greenhouse gas emissions tracking systems and registries.

Don’t Take Charity At Face Value….It Sometimes Funds Terrorism

Reenita Malhotra — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:17:45 +0000

Bombay Bleeding - We Will Never Forget, a painting by Feroza Unvala

Charity is considered to be the act of benevolent giving. A gesture of goodwill towards the needy and suffering. Could there be any doubt that the act of bettering society is a good economic decision?

Twenty years ago, the act of charitable giving was perhaps frowned upon by companies as it affected their bottom line. Today, even in perhaps the worst economy of our times, ‘social entrepreneurship‘ has become a buzzword. Companies are looking for charitable giving opportunities as any contribution to the betterment of society makes them look good in the eyes of shareholders and consumers alike.