A call for change and development
Reform, not begging, is the answer to all our economic and political problems. The question though is: which reform? The answers to this were discussed at a recent conference held…
Development of Special Technology Zones
Software development and IT-enabled services (ITeS) for data centres, technical service/call centres, and telecom services make up the majority of the Pakistani ICT industry. After India, Bangladesh, and the US,…
China remains the crucial engine for global economic recovery and development
Recently, affected by the international political and economic situation, there were some voices expressing concerns about the economic prospects of China. In fact, China enjoys several distinct advantages: a socialist…
Economic impasse and political instability
The economic challenges of Pakistan are appallingly enduring, and unless we effectively address fiscal discipline issues, expand our tax base, and eliminate resource wastage, the country’s economic stagnation is likely…
Development is for the people: Part – II
Development processes are meant to empower people and add to their social, cultural, economic and political wellbeing. If people remain disempowered, no angels are going to come in and lift…
Development is for the people: Part – I
Every government in Pakistan has made tall claims about development and delivering wonderful benefits to the people in its name; and yet Pakistan continues to occupy lowly positions in world…
The great Indian political circus: Part – I
There are many similarities between the economic situation that India faced in the early 1990s and the one Pakistan currently faces. Last year, I wrote a series of articles that…
The great Indian political circus: Part – II
In January 1990, tensions in Kashmir allowed the BJP to capitalize on it to fan its extremist agenda. Immediately after coming to power, the VP Singh government introduced the 62nd…
Political entanglements
When the coalition government replaced the PTI-led government last year to clear what it called the mess created by the gross incompetence of Imran Khan and sheer misgovernance by his…
Geopolitical realities
Towards the end of international conflicts certain new blocs generally emerge, owing to the long-term economic interests of global powers. Today, a whole new set of geoeconomic issues has come…
