Educating Pakistan
Why is Japan richer than Pakistan? In fact, why is any country richer than another? There are multiple reasons, but education is probably the most important factor in determining the…
Silly season in Pakistan
The last shred of doubt regarding the reality of climate change should have been removed by the unnaturally early arrival of the silly season. One warming outcome has seen the…
Pakistan’s problem is moderation, not extremism
Extremism, hate speech and sectarianism – the ills we are familiar with – are products of Pakistani moderation. The maulvi, the cleric, the doctor of the faith did not create…
Ministry of Railways: Rationalisation of institutions – X
The institutions of Pakistan have suffered immensely and recorded - over the years - a significant decline with some being on the verge of collapse. There is therefore a need…
India versus Pakistan: A fight to end poverty
Amidst much post-Uri attack sabre-rattling by India a challenge to a war of who ends poverty first by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his Pakistani counterpart would find…
Pakistan at the crossroads
Pakistan is at a crossroads. As usual. This is not a surprise, for Pakistan is — always has and always been — at a crossroads; perhaps it always will be.…
Pakistan once again on the map of emerging markets
It was in the year 2007 when Pakistan was rated as one of the four leading emerging economies of Asia together with China, Vietnam and India all achieving a remarkable…
Knock knock, Pakistan, is anyone listening?
In the big global strategic picture, opportunity is knocking for Pakistan in two broad gradients – if not more. The only worry is that even if the knocks have woken…
Off-track railways
The railway system, one of the pillars of the Industrial Revolution, transformed societies, including the subcontinent, economically and socially. Henry Bartle Frere, chief commissioner of Sindh(1850-1859) had commented on the…
Pakistan needs strong leadership…period
The rest is all detail. This is the fundamental requirement: strong and clean hands on deck; an end, finally, to the Zia legacy of corrupt and steeped-in-dubious-money leadership – the…
