Desperation without measures
Fictitious beliefs, vain demands and radical laws all seem to be inherent in the incumbent government’s plan of action for the foreseeable future. From the infamous Protection of Pakistan Ordinance…
Fictitious beliefs, vain demands and radical laws all seem to be inherent in the incumbent government’s plan of action for the foreseeable future. From the infamous Protection of Pakistan Ordinance…
The next budget needs to articulate a vision because a growth revival has become urgent. What should be the contours of this vision and how can it be realised? In…
In a recent essay ‘Draws and Drawbacks of Success’ in the New York Times, author Mohsin Hamid discusses the conundrums faced by writers. Questioning the somewhat arbitrary nature of commercial…
It’s a sign of the pathology of much of India’s mainstream media that it displays the rise of the speculative-trader-industrialist Hinduja brothers to the top of Britain’s (not India’s) billionaire…
Pakistan has been on a ‘successful’ borrowing binge of recent. It has raised money from the IMF, multilateral creditors, the Islamic Development Bank, a consortium of international commercial banks, and…
Lack of social mobility is very visible in Pakistan. Political power also seems to be coagulated as the chances of getting elected are tied into traditional wealth, land and family…
The recent appreciation of the rupee, despite weak fundamentals, is becoming controversial, with the same interest groups first extolling it as an outcome of good financial management and now complaining…
Enbridge Inc is on the brink of breaking through oil pipeline bottlenecks in the US Midwest that have dogged the company for nearly four years, potentially ending a need to…
Wi-Fi in the sky is taking off, promising much better connections for travellers and a bonanza for the companies that sell the systems. With satellite-based Wi-Fi, Internet speeds on jetliners…
Last Thursday morning investors queued around the block to buy the bonds of recent defaulter Greece, and by the end of the day were selling US tech stocks furiously. In…