Economic policy choices beyond immediate crisis — III
The part-II of this series highlighted limits of monetary policy and the need for fiscal policy to take the main load of regenerating growth in the economy as the multiplier…
At the crossroads
Ever since its independence in 1947, and especially after the untimely death of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan has been experiencing a series of opportunities and disappointments. The Quaid’s vision…
The messiah and the leper
Why is the PTI behaving like a child who has just stolen his father’s car-keys and is trying to make sense of the gear stick and pedals? Hasn’t the party…
The sky is falling
When an acorn fell on Chicken Little's head, the ruckus she raised convinced a crowd of spectators of imminent disaster. Similarly, many writers are describing current economic scenario of Pakistan…
Solutions based on creative thinking
The incumbent government that has concluded ‘business-as-usual’ will not get the nation where PTI promised the nation to be - a truly welfare state with a strong economy. Something different…
PTI govt’s 100-day plan: The clock is ticking – II
The following is in continuation to this writer's earlier analyses on government's first 100-day plan. The extent of the success of the government plan is determined by the extent of…
Heads or tails
TRAVEL broadens the mind and fattens the purse, as our Prime Minister Imran Khan is discovering. He has enlarged his earlier fundraising experience by meeting leaders like Malaysia’s Prime Minister…
Foreign investments in Pakistan
The two-day visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has ended on a positive note - both on diplomatic and investment fronts. The extent of his visit is unprecedented…
Imran’s era
This shall be the second time in his life that an era will be known by Imran Khan’s name. The first was when he led the Pakistan cricket team and…
