In sickness and in debt: right to health
Muhammad Boota, a domestic worker in Lahore, requires an insulin injection every 10 days to help manage his diabetes. But just one of these injections costs about one-third of his…
Time for a change
Before the latest round of BJP rule under the iron fist of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began in 2014, the consensus opinion was that India is South Asia’s best…
French budget squeeze has only just begun
France’s mid-February emergency budget cuts to keep its deficit-reduction plans on track are unlikely to be the last, leaving the government struggling to strike a balance between financial imperatives and…
The rise of nanomaterials
Nanomaterials represent a rapidly emerging industry that is impacting a large number of products ranging from electronics and agriculture to medicine and the defence industry. Nanotechnology depends on the discovery…
Leader in the presidency
Pakistan is a country politically fragmented, socially disillusioned, ideologically divided and economically devastated. The general elections held on February 8 did not help reduce these dilemmas. Currently, the political elite…
Strategic leadership and statecraft ( Part – III )
In Chinese thinking the strategic discourse is more holistic and integrated than segmented just as is the case with its medical, political and philosophical traditions. Chinese history and strategic thinking…
Why emphasis on export-led growth becomes imperative
In the expansive arena of economic governance, Ludwig von Mises’ profound assertion resonates: “If one rejects laissez-faire on account of man’s fallibility and moral weakness, one must, for the same…
Saving the electoral process
The election process, which represents the people's collective voice and will, is the cornerstone of democracy. It stands for the essential idea that every person has the right to influence…
Planning for the future
This requires us to acquire the highest level of expertise in new and emerging technologies to be able to leapfrog into the future. We must also establish a clear roadmap…
An anatomy of economic clichés/mantras of 2023—II
It would not be out of place to state that a smaller group of economists in the community in these forums also subscribe to the notion that it will be…
