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Reasserting The Pakistani State

Reasserting the Pakistani state

In the last couple of weeks, I’ve come across two particularly intriguing accounts by intrepid reporters from different parts of the world. Both deal with human suffering, but the critical…

Growth With Equity: A Fine Balance

Growth with equity: a fine balance

If the benefits of economic growth are not widely shared, people become resentful. Tensions arise, societal tectonic plates shift, social bonds fray and a day comes when the volcano erupts.…

The Congress Rout And The BJP Gain

The Congress rout and the BJP gain

The main message from the Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Delhi assembly elections is clear. The Congress stands routed and faces further decline. The Bharatiya Janata Party has made impressive…

Trickle Down

Trickle down

Trickling down, amusingly, could have a variety of emotional connotations in the entertainment business; starting from tears of joy trickling down all the way to a rather gory depiction involving…

SMEs A Neglected Lot.

SMEs a neglected lot.

National financial integration can best be evaluated through the progress of two principal processes: the share of the SME sector (the dominant national business employer) in national credit, and the…

Benazir’s Reconciliation Policy

Benazir’s reconciliation policy

The history of mankind is flooded with horrible and dreadful incidents of which certain incidents that were the manifest of man's gallantry inundated the pages of history with blood of…

The Talking Club

The talking club

What does the UN stand for? It stands for sustainable global peace and order through conflict management and resolution as well as a shared quest for human development. What does…

The Enigma Of Inflation

The enigma of inflation

Double-digit inflation has become a norm over the last 10-12 years. By now, people’s inflationary expectations have hardened and they believe that prices will continue to rise at a fast…

Privatisation. Yes. But, Why?

Privatisation. Yes. But, why?

As Pakistan prepares to navigate a new round of privatisation and as we engage in passionate conversation about what is to be privatised, when, and how, it may be useful…