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Will Is All

Will is all

The new government likely to take office in the coming days will face enormous economic challenges. How it will balance its income with expenditures will be the first challenge it…

The IMF Dilemma

The IMF dilemma

One of the challenges the new government will face immediately is to make a decision on whether or not to approach the IMF for financial relief. Pakistan borrowed nearly $8…

We Know The Answers, But Will They Matter?

We know the answers, but will they matter?

The elections are over. Some parties have lost and some have won. However, there were many irregularities: significant institutions failed to ensure an election the people deserved. The margin of…

UKIP’s Challenge To Cameron And The EU

UKIP’s challenge to Cameron and the EU

Given our preoccupation with our general elections on May 11, we can be excused for having largely ignored the shock results in the recent local council elections in the UK.…

Fixing The Economy

Fixing the economy

After a landmark election, and a comprehensive win for PML-N, there is yet another opportunity to `fix` Pakistan`s economy. How the challenges are perceived by the leadership of the PML-N…

Capital Suggestion…Post-election

Capital suggestion…Post-election

The most probable post-election permutation is a coalition government. The three overriding factors for the coalition government will be: the IMF, coalition politics and the PPP’s control over the Senate.…

Challenges And Opportunities

Challenges and opportunities

Arrangements made for re-polling at 43 stations in NA-250 showed the ECP and the Army the difference such arrangements could have made to the May 11 election results whose authenticity…

Election Drum

Election drum

Two aspects of the General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani's speech on Martyrs' Day that remain the subject of media debate are his belief that a competent democracy that delivers real results…