Naya Pakistan: a big ask
NAYA PAKISTAN - This slogan gives a new hope to the Nation. The purpose of this article is to inform the government on the way forward strategies. Although our nation…
PML-N scorecard (2013-2018)
The incumbent government has successfully managed to present the federal budget 2018-19. What is however different this time is the unprecedented tax relief given to the middle-income group especially the…
Ordinances over the years
PAKISTAN is one of the few democratic countries which have the dubious distinction of having the power to legislate by executive decree. In a classical democracy, legislation is the sole…
Dangerous moves
It is a painful reality that even after more than seven decades since its independence, Pakistan is still groping in the dark to find the direction envisioned by its founding…
Austerity, reform, PTI and the status quo
One way to see the economic crisis that has claimed Asad Umar as its first ministerial victim is as the product of two simultaneous deficits. There are too few taxes…
Law vs order
At critical junctures in history when we have been asked to choose between law and order, we have chosen order at the expense of the law. Are we sliding towards…
Qingdao: what’s in it for us? – Part II
India is going to be a big-time beneficiary of the 18th SCO Summit at Qingdao. Chinese President Xi Jinping has been warming up to India after the Doklam Pass standoff…
Get real in the new phase
It is possible that many watchers of the country’s political scene may have missed the big inner wave beneath the temporary turbulence that has coincided with the end of the…
A time for change?
Islamabad’s NA-53 constituency carries great symbolism. Former PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been pitted against Imran Khan and the latter’s victory will mark a high point in the Kaptaan’s 22-year…
The underdogs
Let’s begin with the positives. Despite the hue and cry surrounding the question ‘how will this government survive five years?’, it did. Suffice it to say, they pulled it off…
