Public policy and stakeholder participation
The Professor gave us the Vision, the Engineer the Strategy, and the Accountant the Budget. Their profound contributions- vision 2025, STPF, and Budget 2016/17 - are supposed to give direction…
Divide between nominal vs real GDP
The consolidated federal and provincial fiscal operations data for fiscal year 2024-25 assumes nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at 124,150 million rupees (defined as total market value of goods and…
Unpacking the 26th Amendment
Let me start by first clarifying that this piece is not an attack against the very genesis of the 26th Amendment (the amendment) to the constitution of the Islamic Republic…
A tired superpower?
BOB Woodward writes the ultimate ‘insider’ accounts about American presidents, politics and foreign policy. He is one of the duo of journalists who exposed the Watergate scandal that led to president…
Jurisprudential void
JUDGES in Pakistan’s constitutional courts are not referred to as ‘textualists’ or ‘purposivists’ or ‘living constitutionalists’ or even ‘common-good constitutionalists’. These characterisations are immaterial. The judges, in our context, are…
The politics of economics!
Continuity in economic policies is considered critical in providing a sustained conducive environment for private sector activity — a continuity that is naturally disrupted with a change of government. Imran…
Saudi prince shores up power
With a crackdown on dissenters and a charm offensive to woo the kingdom's swelling youth population, Saudi Arabia's king-in-waiting Mohammed bin Salman is cementing his grip on power, analysts say.…
Bread and circus
They say that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. But if you’re the Captain and your starting gambit itself was patriotism, where do you turn to as the…
A recalcitrant rupee
The rupee-dollar interbank parity is close to the historical high of 168.8 (15 August 2020) this week past with a high of 168. Should this be a source of concern…
A recalcitrant rupee
The rupee-dollar interbank parity is close to the historical high of 168.8 (15 August 2020) this week past with a high of 168. Should this be a source of concern…
