Special economic zones
One of the most prominent yet generally lesser known legal regimes or policy initiatives for benefit of business and investment attraction in recent time in Pakistan has been the introduction…
Importance of special economic zones
Now when we see the assent accorded to the parliament-adopted Special Economic Zones Bill 2012, by President Asif Zardari who signed the Bill during a special ceremony held at the…
Role of free economic zones in the economy
The Export Processing Zones (EPZs) or special economic zones (SEZ) can be summarised as a unit bearing clusters of specially designed zones of aggressive economic activity for the promotion of…
Economic potential of free zones
Pakistan missed what today from a distance of about 40 years appears to be a dream-boat of a lifetime when Ghulam Ishaq Khan, the then finance minister of the military…
Resetting foreign economic relations : Part – II
China: there are several areas where the ongoing cooperation between Pakistan and China should be continued but at least three areas need to be focused for accelerated implementation. These are:…
Roadmap to economic recovery [Part – III]
The first two parts in this series discussed why we keep falling into crisis situations, and the need for the economy to grow. Low public and private investment are behind…
Roadmap to economic recovery [Part – IV]
Recent news has kept us stirred up with the ups and downs of our deal with the IMF. We are at a stage where taking on debt, not for a…
Our geo-economic dream
Geo-economics is the new buzzword these days, thrown around rather loosely without quantifying its benefits, especially in a country like Pakistan which relies on a heavy diet of geopolitics and…
Unlocking economic value
In a speech made to the House of Commons a little more than a century ago, Winston Churchill spoke of the significance of land, “It is quite true that land…
On geo-economics
This article examines the idea of geoeconomics, its offensive deployment against Pakistan, and how a defensive response can be organised. Conceptually, geoeconomics encapsulates one premise and two recommendations. By the…
