Three decades ago, Moeen Qureshi, a Pakistani-American economist and former caretaker prime minister, envisioned unlocking Pakistan’s vast mineral wealth. He championed a vision of attracting international mining giants, advocating for…
We have low attrition rates. Retention rates are high. These two claims by the top leaders of a company are big achievement for the companies. The reason behind them is…
Pakistan’s economy is in a transitional state with an excessive footprint of the government in social, political, and economic activities. The size of public-sector employment/employees is disproportionately large relative to…
For years, the health burden linked with children and mothers has been largely ignored. If girls at their adolescent or reproductive age are malnourished, they are more prone to high-risk…
“Finally! Bill Gates and Elon Musk Agree on Something” the headline says. I wonder what they might agree on? Could it be that neoliberal capitalism is the greatest system ever…
The logic of financialization was ruining the US economy even as rapid industrialization – with massive support from American TNCs transferring industrial processes to China to take advantage of labor…
Prime Minister Imran Khan has recently announced that there will be no more coal power plants in Pakistan. International climate lobbies have welcomed the statement but local energy circles or…
Pakistan's economy is currently passing through many internal and external challenges and threats. The most prominent among them is energy. In the last decade there was shortage of gas and…
More children mean greater happiness, according to an old Chinese saying, but in today's "socialist market economy" many modern Chinese are more concerned with the rising costs of childcare. Taxi…
More children mean greater happiness, according to an old Chinese saying, but in today's "socialist market economy" many modern Chinese are more concerned with the rising costs of childcare. Taxi…
