‘Liberating’ Sindh
On Friday, Imran Khan addressed a PTI jalsa of thousands (estimates range from 15,000 to over 30,000) in the town of Ali Abad, district Larkana. As the party’s first, formal…
Bilawal’s baggage
The politically charged national atmosphere during the last couple of months has forced Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to launch again the renewed form of his increasingly unpopular party and politics by…
The growing middle class
There is a visible demographic shift in Pakistan. We have been experiencing steady growth in an aspiring middle class and not just in terms of absolute numbers. Despite lacklustre growth…
Proactive approach
It took the massacre of over 130 children in a fortified school in the cantonment of a provincial capital, to shake the rulers out of their slumber. Earlier, when around…
On different floors of the same hotel
Joseph Schumpeter, the Czech-born Austrian-American economist, is said to have once said that income distribution in a society is just like a hotel with three floors where the rooms at…
Rebalancing move of China: Impact on developing economies
China has been experiencing fastest GDP growth rate (not less than 10%) for the last two decades, but global financial crisis emanating in 2007 has resulted in gradual reduction in…
The police under stress
The media images from the recent few days, where policemen are seen dragging media men from their vehicles and beating them mercilessly, and an unruly mob subjecting a senior police…
Dollar stores in battle to double down on the poor
Like millions of Americans, Darnel Ware needs to save money, even if it's 40 cents on a bag of flour. He searches for those savings during his daily visits to…
Trendy Chipotle burritos show how pricing power belongs to the hip
Corporate America can learn a lot from a chicken burrito. As many companies struggle to boost prices without alienating consumers, they may want to study Mexican-food chain Chipotle, which has…
IMF and FBR
International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its Third Review under the 1Extended Arrangement for Pakistan, has noted significant shortfall in revenue measures from the original programme objectives. The IMF2 says that…
