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Budgetary system & fiscal governance

Pakistan’s budget process, while clearly defined in the 1973 Constitution, subordinate legislations like the Public Financial Management Act (PFMA), 2019 and guided by detailed manuals e.g. Budget Manual 2020, suffers…

The true test of the SIFC

The logic for a public-sector vehicle that does what the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) is supposed to do is solid. Pakistan’s governance system doesn’t work for anyone, even the…

Governance management

The role of performance management is to give shape and direction on how public-sector organizations achieve desired outcomes. Primarily, it is a management style with the purpose to set goals…

How Not To Pursue Reform

How not to pursue reform

The list of indignities and injuries to Pakistan seems to be accumulating at a faster than normal pace. The sobering video of the NAB judge that convicted former prime minister…