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Policies to prevent extremism

THE government has announced another policy related to countering extremism; it contains the same flowery words, borrowed jargon, hollow phrases, and unfeasible implementation plans as several policies before it. One…

The tallest nail

Decades ago, when this scribe was a student of Botany, at the Government College, his ecology professor had noted “they imposed an engineering solution onto a biological/ecological problem”. He was…

Can economy rise from the ashes?

The phoenix is a mythological bird that after living 100 years bursts into flames and turns to ashes. It is painful to witness but the Pakistani economy appears turning to…

The quagmire of local-law domestic debt restructuring

With collaboration from an investment professional. As is widely understood, Pakistan is facing the dual dilemma of foreign debt servicing that has placed her foreign exchange reserves under significant pressure,…

Interest rates: no more room for tightening

Interest rates in Pakistan are almost at historic highs and still the country is running negative real rates on both current and forward-looking inflation. Some believe that the interest rates…

Don’t shoot the messenger

Last week, the media was abuzz about SAPM on power and petroleum Tabish Gauhar’s letter that he addressed to his minister Hammad Azhar. The gist of the ‘leaked’ letter and…

FTAs: Help Or Hindrance?

FTAs: Help or hindrance?

With the single-minded national focus on the live discussions going on all through last week in the media over the on-going process of change of guard at the General Headquarters…

Our Housing Crisis

Our housing crisis

The purpose of this article is to outline the magnitude of Pakistan's burgeoning housing crisis caused by population growth, rapid urbanisation, and the resulting mushrooming of slums in large cities…

The Debt Dilemma

The debt dilemma

It was a privilege to have been invited to, and having attended, albeit left early, the National Debt Conference organised by Business Recorder in collaboration with PRIME in the last…

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