Trading with the enemy
The economic model that the country has been using since its birth is positively faulty. It has also consigned the country to regional economic isolation. As a result we have…
China presses Europe for anti-US alliance on trade
China is putting pressure on the European Union to issue a strong joint statement against President Donald Trump's trade policies at a summit later this month but is facing resistance,…
The governance debate misses the point
The cleavage among our digital warriors, who spend hours debating the dysfunctionalities of government, is hard to disguise. Right versus left, and the alluring part in between, is passé. What…
Export growth is destined to remain weak
Defenders of faith have joyously celebrated the 24% jump in exports during March. To them this is confirmation that the steady decline of the last three years has bottomed out…
Big business back in business?
Pakistan is awash with black cash. And a large part of it being used to fund a highly lucrative smuggling sector expanding exponentially on the back of country’s consummate consumerism.…
The downside of Pakistan’s economy
The government has recently been making frequent positive statements about on-going developments in the economy. Rightfully, success in the process of stabilization has been highlighted. The current account in the…
Corporate greed
We are living in interesting times where the capacity of the state as a manager is crumbling and corporations are emerging as a strong force to define the economy, politics,…
Science of things
Apparently, according to the laws of physics, inventing a time machine is impossible because it violates something called a casualty law; there goes my plans of making a fortune vis-à-vis…
Roadmap for safer cars
In a win-win situation for consumers and the automobile industry, just a year before ending of the UN’s Decade of Action for Road Safety in 2020, the federal government has…
The demise of EDB
The federal cabinet, under the Chairmanship of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, has upheld its earlier decision to dissolve the "Engineering Development Board (EDB)" operative under the Federal Ministry of Industries and…
