State of institutional decline
One Eid gift to the nation was this wish by [professor, doctor, minister] Ahsan Iqbal that Imran Khan should be jailed for five years. This was special because it came…
Removing institutional impediments
The past few days have witnessed some encouraging positive developments on the country’s financial front providing the much-needed respite for economy and businesses, deeply marred by uncertainty and pessimistic sentiments.…
The 5Es framework
Given that elected governments in Pakistan tend to have a short-policy horizon, they are often criticized for not developing long-term policies and plans. In sharp contrast to that, PML-N governments…
Institutionalising minority rights
Pakistan has been facing severe criticism by the international community for many decades now due to the overall atmosphere of intolerance and systematic persecution meted out to its religious minorities.…
Stimulus and institutional reform
Unlike many budgets in the past, the Budget 2021/22 places strong emphasis on providing stimulus for economic growth, and significantly focuses that stimulus towards people in the lower echelons of…
BISP and institutional reforms
In the social protection debate we usually play down the role of short-term relief work in alleviating human suffering when emergencies hit, or during a situation of crisis. The social…
New IMF anti-corruption framework
The way the fiscal situation in the country is expected to shape up in view of the developments anticipated over the next few years on the economic front due to…
A regulatory framework for Pakistan Railways – III
Regulation is basically done through tools called ‘regulatory instruments' where it is essential that proper mandate in this regard is provided in the underlying legislation that establishes the regulator of…
A regulatory framework for Pakistan Railways — I
Pakistan Railways (PR) is a state-owned enterprise (SOE) under the Ministry of Railways (MoR). While up till the 1970s it operated as the main mode of transportation, both in terms…
Institutionalising budget-making
The budget debate is going on in parliament these days. We analyze the institutional aspects of budget-making in this article without commenting on the specifics of the presented budget, and…
