According to a newspaper report, the Minister of State and Chairman of the Board of Investment Saleem Mandviwalla initialled a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with the United States on his way back from attending a four-day international exhibition and conference in Canada earlier this month. Prior to looking at the clauses of the BIT it must be acknowledged that a Minister of State or the Chairman of the BOI does not possess the plenipotentiary powers that authorise him or her to sign a bind ...

Earth Hour came and went. Some of us gave it 60 minutes while a few were blasé enough not to bother. Globally, iconic buildings switched off and the larger part of the world came together to show a little affection for the world we live in, a world where conservation is a nice label but still does not underscore how close we are to utter disaster. ...