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Budget 2013-14

Budget 2013-14

I was not disappointed by the budget 2013-14 - not because it contained any out-of-th-box thinking or indeed any reform measures that would have changed the economy's direction in the…

Choking Funds To Suppress Dissent

Choking funds to suppress dissent

Perhaps no other country has as complex a maze of laws and rules – that give arbitrary powers to the state – as India. And no other state has abused…

Indo-China Relations

Indo-China relations

For quite some time, the Chinese top leadership seems to have made it a point – as much as is possible – to visit India and Pakistan back-to-back. In 2006,…

Invisible Enemy

Invisible enemy

Pakistan Information Security Association (PISA) recently held a Cyber Security Conference at Islamabad. This paper analyzes key aspects of the discourse, captures important observations and recommends action points for securing…

Welfare State Wither Away

Welfare state wither away

The forthcoming federal budget will focus on accelerating the pace of economic growth, although in the ongoing global economic debate, emphasis has been shifted from growth to green growth, a…

Higher Education

Higher education

To really find out how a country is going to do in the 21st century, one need not count its oil reserves or natural resources but its highly effective teachers,…

Revival Lessons

Revival lessons

The PML-N has made a number of pronouncements since the elections on how it intends to revive the economy. In conjunction with its stated policy objectives from the election manifesto,…

The Issue Pakistan Can’t Afford To Ignore

The issue Pakistan can’t afford to ignore

In Pakistan, nearly one in ten people are visually impaired, and more than two million people are blind, the far majority from avoidable causes such as cataracts. The consequences for…

Get Agrarian

Get agrarian

Land reforms and the imposition of tax on income derived from agriculture, which is presently exempt in the majority of countries like Pakistan, are two issues that attract a lot…

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…