The International Monetary Fund (IMF) typically imposes a series of conditions on countries that receive financial assistance from the Fund. In general, IMF conditions may include requirements for fiscal austerity…
Just as the intellectuals have proposed ‘radical’ reforms in the area of governance and decentralization, there is a set of ‘radical’ structural economic reforms that need to be involuntarily imposed…
Pakistan is currently in economic turmoil, with widespread speculation of a de facto sovereign default. Even though there is many a slip between the cup and the lip, the latest…
The topmost immediate requirements to take the economy out of the tailspin are political clarity and certainty, although there is no certainty that economic default can be averted. The message…
My previous op-ed, summed up Pakistan’s gas supply position vis-à-vis the current demand, prevailing geo-political context, international spot-market under which Pakistan functioned over the last 4 years and the much…
In a widely circulated video, Justice Isa asks those assembled for the 9th International Judicial Conference in Islamabad if they are satisfied with the justice system. No one raises their…
A year since Iraq’s last elections, it remains without not only a new government but a budget too, obstructing much-needed reforms and infrastructure projects in the oil-rich but war-ravaged country.…
With the ongoing political developments, constitutional crisis, and judicial intervention, ever wonder how severely this impacts the women of Pakistan? Certainly, the former federal minister for human rights does not…
The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize…
Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the…
