Technology, especially digital technology is progressing at a breakneck speed. Normally we tend to assume that not much has happened in the last decade or so. But stupendous changes have…
Pakistan has remained an import-intensive country all these years seriously lacking, at the same time, in exportable surpluses, especially in the value-added variety. Understandably, we started with a predominantly import…
The recommendations we are going to discuss here may create unrealistic expectations from the authorities as we are stuck with useless governance and running down them for their worthlessness doesn’t…
In this new world order, the key for rapid socio-economic development lies in the ability of nations to manufacture and export high-technology and high value-added goods. Successive governments have failed…
The Pakistan telecom sector contributes steady inflow of heavy tax collections under major heads like Activation Tax, GST/FED, the PTA fee & charges and others. The PTA has been advocating…
Urea demand in the country currently stands at 5.833 million tons. But in August 2018 Urea stocks hit the lowest level of 87,000 tons, 12 percent less than the monthly…
The government’s ‘mandatory’ SIM re-verification drive is no real solution to controlling terrorism. First introduced by Germany and Switzerland in 2003, the concept of mandatory registration of prepaid SIM cards…
I am 35 years old. That means I have lived through loadshedding summers, textbook shortages, the 2005 earthquake, the 2010 floods, terror attacks that emptied our streets and the quiet…
Recently, two global headlines captured the world, revealing a truly remarkable transformation unfolding before our eyes. Amazon announced plans to lay off over 30,000 employees, marking the largest corporate downsizing…
AS a response to sluggish growth, a well-trodden and worn-out narrative regarding the need for an industrial policy is again making the rounds in official circles. It is being proclaimed as the…
