Governance in Balochistan
Balochistan is in turmoil. At one end, there are peaceful mass demonstrations. On the other, an active violent insurgency that is spilling over outside the province. Common to both is…
Geo-economics over geo-politics
The strategic shift from geo-politics to geo-economics is a welcome initiative. In a world where the relative importance of a nation is determined primarily by its economic strength, the focus…
Stunted governance, stunted economy
Even after 60 years of financial market development, the local companies are still a small part of the market at about 30%. The KSE-100 is dominated by 31 family-owned companies,…
Economic emergency
FOR most Pakistanis, the prevailing economic conditions have unleashed unprecedented hardship. Steep power tariffs and high fuel costs have made everything expensive. Even the basic necessities are now beyond the…
Pakistan’s economic potential
AS Pakistan approaches its 75th independence anniversary, it is sad to witness the economy again mired in difficulties. One could argue that it’s a global phenomenon, with Covid-19 and the…
An economic catastrophe
PAKISTAN has been brought to the edge of an economic catastrophe that it has not seen for decades. While the recent ‘constitutional fraud’, and the political crisis created by the…
The economic cost of mismanaged spending
There is no worse way to manage public finance than what the government of Pakistan has done for over a decade. My last column (‘Pakistan’s IMF experience’, September 9) made…
Restore macroeconomic stability to revive private sector credit
Since the 2008 economic crisis, the private sector’s contribution to economic growth has been marginal, replaced in large part public sector projects and CPEC (China Pakistan Economic Corridor). This has…
Economic renaissance for KP?
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is distinguished by its immense natural potential. Yet like other provinces, it currently faces significant challenges across economic, social, security, and political domains. Amid societal polarization and…
Adaptive governance
The concept of adaptive governance is an established social-ecological system management and governance approach. Conceptualized in the field of environmental governance in the 1990s, it has evolved as an analytical…
