Defining geo-economics
GEO-ECONOMICS is the buzzword these days among our ruling elite. It is recommended as the panacea for Pakistan’s economic ills and a sure path to prosperity. However, there is little…
‘Economic wars’ and national strength
The seventh annual edition of the ThinkFest literary event was held in Lahore this past weekend. Dr Yaqoob Bangash – whose day job as a historian makes him especially sensitive…
Economic scorecard
In his address to the nation on September 15, former prime minister Imran Khan, who is perhaps the first opposition leader in Pakistan to address the nation through electronic media…
Economic colonialism
European historians, with their own sense of bias, which on occasions reaches its zenith, to convert into prejudice, (there is no such thing as honest historians, they are all different…
A new economic war
The G-7 Summit in Cornwall (UK) from June 11-13, 2021 was the first big step towards possible economic confrontation and cold war with China, although there have been some strong…
Delinking political and economic liberalism
Chinese President Xi Jinping heads the world’s second largest military and economic power, and calls the shots in the country. The recent amendment to China’s constitution that states that a…
Thoughtless economics
The international agencies have done it yet again with us. They have taken us to the brink before and they will do so now. The reform decisions of Musharraf's time…
The race for domination
With Iran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to economic sanctions by the West, the new ‘great game’ has come into play. Whereas, the closure of the…
Lahore’s domination
Karachi is the most developed economic and social administrative entity (district/ division) in Pakistan. In almost every single category of economic and social indicators, it tops the list of Pakistan’s…
The return of proxy wars
The world is in the grip of a proxy war of economics. It has started off as a second cold war in the guise of economic domination. This time, the…
