The next budget
The budget for the year 2009-10 is about to be presented to parliament. There are huge expectations, given the scale of the economic crises the people are facing. These cannot…
A candid presentation
The finance team, led by Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, gave a frank and blunt presentation on the state of the economy in general and the budget and its financing difficulties…
Ten years of war in Afghanistan
The tenth anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan is a time for sombre reflection. Global terrorism has increased, particularly in Pakistan where the economy has been devastated. The…
Improved governance
IT might seem excessively optimistic — perhaps irresponsibly so — to put out the thought that the Pakistani economy, troubled as it is, could bounce back quickly provided the country…
The bigger challenge
If you count Pakistan’s afflictions, they will be many. But the two perennial problems which continue to haunt Pakistan are a fragile economy, resulting in persistent poverty, and political instability.…
HEC
Universities in Pakistan have rapidly morphed into their new role as producers of knowledge and research that lead to innovation and entrepreneurship, create employment, and be prime builders of a…
‘What we inherited’
While presenting the fifth and final budget of the present government, the finance minister talked about the type of economy that this government had inherited from the previous regime. According…
The state of mental health
The average Pakistani has been nothing more than an innocent bystander in the great power politics of an international system gone awry. For our country, already underdeveloped, struggling to form…
The need for easy monetary policy
The major problems, the economy of Pakistan is facing in recent years, are the macroeconomic imbalances and sluggishness of the economy. On the one hand, the whole burden lies on…
Our failure to grow
We failed to achieve almost all the economic targets including the target of economic growth that we set for ourselves last year. The target of 4 percent was a modest…
