Global economy at a delicate crossroad – I
Global economy stands at a delicate crossroad, where wrong policy choices will be difficult to unwind in at least the short-term, and will take it away, and perhaps rather quickly,…
Accountability, corruption & HR…
The recent Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI) reveals that corruption levels are standstill and there is no visible change noted for the tenth year in review. It shows that…
Global acclaim, local defame
Wonderful, Awful. Best, Worst. Developing, Destroying. Rising, falling. Good, bad. This is not a test of opposites in grammar, rather a test of intent and view point in evaluating Pakistan’s…
Public health vs economic health
Focusing exclusively on public health rather than trying to strike a balance between human and economic health, China seems to have succeeded by March 15, in preventing, to a large…
En route to a welfare state?
Because of Covid-19 we have already started spending a lot more on health cover than what we have been budgeting for this sector annually for most of the past 73…
Time for ‘Great Reset’ of political and economic order
‘We are living in an era of multiple crises: Covid-19; a crisis of economic disappointment; a crisis of democratic legitimacy; a crisis of the global commons; a crisis of international…
Rising income inequality
Reports on rising inequality, exploitation, poverty and hunger point to the fact that we live in a world dominated by the super-rich and big businesses. The latest Oxfam report on…
The state of the Indian union
India is celebrating its 72nd Republic Day on January 26. Flaunting its status as the world’s most populous democracy, it nevertheless continues to drift away from the ideals of the…
A new digital world in the making
Measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic have compelled many countries in the world both developed and developing to access digital technologies, as much as one could, at an accelerated pace,…
Desperate and deadly
It is do or die. Rather do and die. After coronavirus, ‘Trump virus’ has reached Pakistan. Coronavirus does not matter. People need to get rid of the government more than…
