Opinion

Sunday 26/June/2016 15:43 PM

Amjad Sabri and the case for gun control

The fog of rumour flew thick as news of qawwali maestro Amjad Sabri’s death ran in tickers on the bottom of TV screens across the country. On the evening...

Sunday 26/June/2016 15:16 PM

Brexit and the future of Europe

Britain, I believe, had the best of all possible deals with the European Union, being a member of the common market without belonging to the euro and having...

Sunday 26/June/2016 14:56 PM

Towards an economic stimulation policy

The Sultanate of Oman recently selected five banks to arrange an international bond issue that is worth $2.5 billion. This step aims to preserve the budget,...

Saturday 25/June/2016 15:49 PM

Basic income revisited

Britain isn’t the only country which held a referendum this month. On June 5, Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected, by 77 per cent to 23 per cent, the...

Saturday 25/June/2016 15:34 PM

A British tragedy in one act

Thursday night is said to have been momentous for those who campaigned to leave the European Union and turn Britain’s back on the twenty-first century. On...

Friday 24/June/2016 21:31 PM

Cameron to quit as UK votes to leave EU

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Friday 24/June/2016 16:04 PM

Towards a prosperous Balochistan

The people of Balochistan constitute the truest example of the democratic function that can be found in any fledgling democracy. As a province with a vast...