No room for complacency
The balance of payments (BoP) data for the month of February is a breath of fresh air. There is an improvement of $2.6 billion during the 8-month period Jul-Feb in…
Complacency over challenges
A huge employment challenge faces the country. Every month there are 100,000 new entrants in the labour force. These youngsters, who represent our much-flaunted demographic dividend, need jobs if we…
Worrying complacency
Funding large budget deficits in pure rupee terms is a relatively easier proposition. Lenders can be repaid by printing money. What it would do to the buying power of these…
Judicial restraint or complacency?
The goal of establishing a functional justice system in Pakistan seems to have withered on the vine. The problem with associating ideals, such as a just court system, with individuals,…
Complacency kills
AS the threat from terrorism increases, Pakistan is more divided than ever in its response to the challenge. There are many who believe that it is not Islamabad’s war but…
Fiscal complacency
The present somewhat depressing environment for the country is characterised by unrelenting inflation, low economic growth, and rising spending obligations without a concomitant increase in resources, either through higher tax…
Here is our Shaheen
In the infinite canvas of the sky, where winds whisper of freedom and destiny, there soars a force that embodies the very dream of Allama Muhammad Iqbal: the Pakistan Air…
Pakistan, seen from Europe
HERE is something new. For five days last week, I was part of a small group of Pakistani journalists invited by the European Union (EU) to visit Brussels and interact…
Lighting the way
THE World Bank has issued a stark warning to Pakistan in a report released on Tuesday. The country’s growth model has run its course, and over the past five years, the number…
Water as weapon
The Kabul River Basin has emerged as the new front in the hydro-political chessboard where India’s growing involvement in Afghanistan’s water infrastructure threatens not only Pakistan’s water security but also…
