Policies and their implementation
Policies in Pakistan’s multiple sectors are well researched, many compiled with donor funding which enables international and national sector experts to take account of international best practices as well existing…
Lack of consistency in govt policies and announcements
The Federal Finance and Revenue Minister Shaukat Tarin last week assured the businessmen that no notices will be issued by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) from 01 July as the…
GDP components that need a visit
Pakistani administration after administration has implemented almost identical policies to incentivize two productive sectors - industry and agriculture through supportive monetary policy (cheap credit to target groups and/or intervention in…
Lessons from trade agreements
Trade agreements help boost exports, attract FDI, and generate jobs. Vietnam is an excellent example of how this can be achieved. Through trade agreements with virtually all the important trading…
France unbowed?
IN the run-up to last Sunday’s second round of French parliamentary elections, opinion polls and much of the media commentary chiefly focused on whether the far right would succeed in…
Foreign policy under Trump 2.0
WHAT will US foreign policy look like under Donald Trump 2.0? Governments and people across the world have already started assessing this as the former president appears increasingly likely to…
Stunted governance, stunted economy
Even after 60 years of financial market development, the local companies are still a small part of the market at about 30%. The KSE-100 is dominated by 31 family-owned companies,…
Our anaemic exports
WHY are our exports less than half our imports? Why are our imports more than twice our exports? I have posed these seemingly identical questions because their answers are very…
Bangladesh — more of the same change?
It began with Afghanistan. Then it was Sri Lanka. Now it is Bangladesh. Scenes are almost identical. Public outrage pouring onto streets. Mob moving towards the no-go areas of prime…
Thoughts on the provincial budgets
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) budget was announced on 25 May, two and a half weeks before the federal budget was announced on 12 June, the Punjab budget was announced a day…
