The silence is broken
GIVEN just how much hyperbole circulates within this country about America and its evil designs, the absence of any meaningful commentary about the possible contours of Washington`s future ties with…
The people`s will
Pakistan was founded in the name of Allah and He in turn has been immensely gracious in pulling the country out of numerous crises. The 2013 general elections were held…
Monetary policy: some observations
The State Bank has imposed a crippling high-interest rate regime on Pakistan over the past several years due to its conclusions that prices were rising at an unacceptable rate because…
Spotlight: New Drone attack unsettles almost all perceptions!: Will anything change? How much, how soon?
No idle questions these! They are cries of desperation in the choking throats of tens of millions of Pakistanis suffering extreme deprivations in the shape of malnourishment, unattended illnesses, lack…
Revival lessons
The PML-N has made a number of pronouncements since the elections on how it intends to revive the economy. In conjunction with its stated policy objectives from the election manifesto,…
Yes Minister
The morning after taking oath I took over my office and was confronted with hard choices. There were so many candidates in the running for the posts of my personal…
The debt-growth nexus
Back in May, 2010 when I had just finished the course work of my graduate degree programme at Columbia University, an academic paper by professors Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff,…
The issue Pakistan can’t afford to ignore
In Pakistan, nearly one in ten people are visually impaired, and more than two million people are blind, the far majority from avoidable causes such as cataracts. The consequences for…
Managing the natural gas crisis
The dual menace of power and gas shortage is a serious issue that has caused much damage to the national economy and is likely to damage more, if the right…
Tax proposals – I
On June 5, 2013, we will have a new government in action - faced with multifaceted and complicated problems on economic front. It's immediate task of framing budget for fiscal…
