Development is for the people: Part – II
Development processes are meant to empower people and add to their social, cultural, economic and political wellbeing. If people remain disempowered, no angels are going to come in and lift…
Lee’s vision and Pakistan
Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore, believed in the importance of meritocracy, pragmatism, and honesty (MPH) as the cornerstones of good governance. His vision and leadership transformed…
Learning from Lee
One of the case studies in the course of political economy at Columbia University during my degree programme was about the city-state of Singapore. This study primarily focused on the…
Branding developmentalism?
The recent Pildat-Gallup poll showed that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf's Acceptability Gap - measured by the difference between voting intention and hostility - is positive in all eight (out of the total…
Red alert
We now have weeks – not months – left to make a decision. Failure to act will be disastrous. To be certain, Pakistan’s economy is manageable. The current account deficit…
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…
SIFC and Pakistan’s future
Pakistan’s economy has witnessed several challenges in the past few years. The country was on the verge of default up until a few months back. Some quarters blame the PDM’s…
Leadership and economics
Upon the conclusion of every single overseas visit I am filled with sadness and a deep sense of disillusionment. This is despite a divinely blessed deep reservoir of optimistic attitude…
What have they done to my country?
I get up in the morning anxious and frustrated. Not because of any personal circumstances, but because I believe my country is going down – not militarily, but economically. The…
Reasons for rationality
Rationality is essential to a state, just as it is for an individual. Without rationality a country can only fall into various traps including that created by conspiracy theories; chaos…
