Democrats or technocrats?
French military chief General Pierre de Villiers’s decision to resign on July 19 was an expected move. He had crossed his boundaries by having a spat with France’s newly-elected president,…
The issues with specialists/technocrats
Pakistan is once again in the throes of chaos. In public service I thrived on chaos. When there is no one in charge or when everyone is under uncertainty one…
The issues with specialists/technocrats
Pakistan is once again in the throes of chaos. In public service I thrived on chaos. When there is no one in charge or when everyone is under uncertainty one…
Should the interim government be of technocrats?
Pakistan every now and then is seized with issues of governance at the national level and this generally happens when governments lose their credibility. In a transparent system and clean…
The Deep State and technocrats
Anyone seen the list being circulated on the Internet containing the names of the ‘technocrats’ who are being touted as our newest saviours in the “national government” that is to…
COP28 in a time of chaos
The raging Israeli violence in Gaza is feared to cast a dark shadow on the upcoming COP28 climate summit as the climate discussions are also not immune to abusive power…
Capital suggestion: Minimal politics
Fact 1: Presently, four out of every ten Pakistanis find themselves below the poverty line. Fact 2: Over the course of the past three decades, no political government has successfully…
Economic policy needs a hard reset
The present currency crisis in Pakistan is unprecedented. PKR has depreciated against USD from 180 to 305 since March 2022, and now it is a creating a self-feeding bubble. People…
Boys from our neighbourhood
There is no bigger fear than the fear of being led by your contemporaries. Perhaps this feeling is peculiar to your upbringing in Pakistan. Perhaps this is something personal. In…
‘Special Investment Facilitation Council’ — the way forward—II
Pakistan needs a “Charter for Business” for the next 20 years, with sanctity as crucial as that of a constitution. This charter must have the stamp of the Parliament and…
