Consequences of frequent borrowing
The government of Pakistan has a plan of borrowing yet another time from commercial banks over next three months. We have also sought the bailout packages from the IMF. This…
Consequences
Apropos a recent front page news in an English-language daily, that the Prime Minister was angered over delay in importing of wheat and had reprimanded the relevant authorities- a bunch…
Consequences of false economic promises
Every civil servant has unique experiences and those are valid over a wide range of public interest doings and un-doings. We had undergone very rigorous pre-service training that started at…
Economic injustices and their consequences
Vision as the sense of sight is to be roundly disparaged in recent years particularly by those dismayed by modernity. Mounting social injustices and intensifying disarray within Pakistan should have…
Bracing for avoidable blunders
AS India and Pakistan brace for a fresh round of their hop-on, hop-off military stand-off, which some say could be more grievous this time than before, the words of Noam Chomsky from…
Fear of floating
IN 1971, when Nixon shocked the world by abandoning the convertibility of dollars to gold, he dragged all of us, unwillingly, into the modern era of floating exchange rates. Since…
Reconsidering our regional policy
Pakistan needs to recraft a regional policy rooted in strategic realities at the regional and global levels and is cognisant of its short- and long-term political, security, economic and cultural…
A case for peace in South Asia
The strategic imperative for peace between Pakistan and India is undeniable, given their status as declared nuclear powers with the capacity to inflict severe damage on each other in the…
Saving the world’s children
THIS past Monday marked World Children’s Day — a day when the international community comes together to commit to a better future for the world’s children. But it has been…
National security
THE edifice of national security stands on the four pillars of political stability, economic and technological strength, military power and proactive diplomacy. The weakness of any of these pillars adversely…
