Comparing economic performances
PEOPLE often ask which political party has the best track record of managing the economy and producing the best results. It is a tricky question to give a straightforward answer…
Urgent need for economic diplomacy activism
‘It is therefore in advanced economies’ interest to help poorer countries reduce the mounting risk of little economic fires everywhere. …For starters, a pre-emptive multilateral debt-restructuring and relief initiative is…
Neoliberalism, globalization, and economic dependence
Pakistan has been a prolonged user of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) resources during the last three decades of 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s, and the first few years of 2020s…
Limited economic options
Pakistan's economy has limited options. The statements made by the Board of Investment not withstanding there is no foreign company coming to Pakistan. Why are we such a pariahs that…
Consequences of economic indoctrination
Pakistani students of economics are indoctrinated by the teachings that they have acquired in the west. This has a peculiar effect on the thought process. Any one who is indoctrinated…
The many pitfalls of economic democracy
Pakistan's economic systems are in a mess and the reason is not far to see. The instability and the uncertainty in the economic system is such that the players do…
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…
Human hybrids in economic system
What is more important - knowledge of economics as taught and practised in the West or Wisdom as practised in the East or local level ethics? Pakistan has always been…
More growth, more taxes
Every year before the announcement of annual federal budget-which has become an official ritual-plethora of tax proposals are received by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) from trade and professional…
Tax proposals – I
On June 5, 2013, we will have a new government in action - faced with multifaceted and complicated problems on economic front. It's immediate task of framing budget for fiscal…
