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Task Before The UN General Assembly

Task before the UN General Assembly

For seventy three days, Indian Army has been attacking and killing helpless and unarmed Kashmiris in Indian occupied Kashmir. After Pakistan's Prime Minister decided to highlight these atrocities in the…

Making India Beg For Its Own Money

Making India beg for its own money

Narendra Modi’s arbitrary and unprecedented trashing of 86 percent of high denomination notes has not just brought the world’s fastest growing economy to a grinding halt, it has also landed…

Response To MoF

Response to MoF

This reply to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) is in continuation of the dialogue with the ministry, through Business Recorder, which started with the publication of our open letter to…

The Real Corridors Of Prosperity

The real corridors of prosperity

In the hurly-burly of Pakistan's politics and the Kashmiri intifada, the IMF just released its twelfth and final review of the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) first contracted by this government…

Challenges for a big venture

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is not an ordinary run-of-the-mill project; it involves massive economic activity. Its impact is already being felt in Pakistan, albeit not in the way it…

Conning Trump’s America

Conning Trump’s America

It was fitting that the most important struggle on the eve of the now-historic presidential election was the battle for Standing Rock. Even more than the Movement for Black Lives,…

Islamic Finance: Broad-based Efforts Needed

Islamic finance: broad-based efforts needed

Islamic finance has been growing leaps and bounds and is considered the fastest growing sector in the global finance and domestic economic system. The total assets under management (AUM) in…

Open Up Clogged Investment Arteries!

Open up clogged investment arteries!

The real corridors of prosperity" carried by Business Recorder on October 20, 2016 I had dilated on the potential pathways for attaining prosperity for the people of Pakistan. Among the…

Action At Full Speed

Action at full speed

Pakistan has successfully completed the Extended Fund Facility arrangement with the IMF. The economy has stabilised; inflation has been subdued and initial investment under CPEC has begun. We now stand…

How CPEC Can Help The SDGs

How CPEC can help the SDGs

This newspaper’s initiative to help mainstream Sustainable Development Goals through a series of articles focusing on the SDGs has brought forth the complexity and policy choices that need to be…