Seeking economic sovereignty
Instead of doing what we should be doing to attain a degree of economic sovereignty we have been going around the world with a hat in hand. This, we have…
Beyond inflation: the hidden risks in Pakistan’s economic recovery
Pakistan’s economy is addicted to debt. Lavish government spending, recklessly financed through borrowing has resulted in a precarious debt trap, a depreciated rupee, escalating inflation, and an economy on the…
Economic diplomacy is the way forward
This is the first of a two-part series detailing National Security Policy’s (NSP) foreign policy’s focus on economic diplomacy – a focus that is a challenge as the world moves…
Cyber sovereignty
FOR a modern society, the intersection of rights and governance in the digital sphere should become an area of pressing concern. As scholar Evgeny Morozov observes, “the internet is a…
The economic cost of mismanaged spending
There is no worse way to manage public finance than what the government of Pakistan has done for over a decade. My last column (‘Pakistan’s IMF experience’, September 9) made…
Matters of sovereignty
Since achieving independence from British imperialism, some of our circles have been continuously claiming that Pakistan has not achieved absolute sovereignty and we are de-facto slaves of imperialist forces like…
Navigating economic diplomacy-II
Some scholars argue that investment treaties were signed by developing countries not because they expected any substantial benefits or were somehow pressured into signing them by the developed countries, but…
Navigating economic diplomacy–I
Spiraling electricity bills and the resulting unbearable burden on the ordinary consumers has brought the agreements with the IPPs under renewed focus and the entire blame for the woes of…
Path to economic stability
Pakistan has a crucial role in the complex web of global geopolitics, facing both difficulties and opportunities that converge at the intersection of democracy, sovereignty, and economic stability. Amid a…
Matters of sovereignty
Everyone, but notably the political parties, should understand that Pakistan is a sovereign state. They need to especially understand this when it comes to bringing foreign meddling into our legal…
