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Capital Inflows And Structural Reforms

Capital inflows and structural reforms

A couple of years back, the World Bank Group hailed Pakistan in its annual report — Doing Business in 2006 — as “the top reformer in the (South Asian) region…

A New Beginning?

A new beginning?

There have been few such moments before — moments when the different countries in South Asia may have seen national and regional interests moving them in the same direction.

The Ultimate Destination

The ultimate destination

Clarity comes in the most unexpected places. A recent television show pitted Marvi Sirmed against Zaid Hamid after the latter accused the South Asian Free Media Association (of which Sirmed…

Towards A Stronger Saarc

Towards a stronger Saarc

As the 6th Conference of the Association of Saarc Speakers and Parliamentarians (ASSP) gets underway in Islamabad, serious issues continue to bedevil the South Asian region. While the conference focuses…

Dynastic politics

South Asia has been the most prone to dynastic politics. Ever wondered why 51 percent of all the poor in the world live in South Asia? Dynastic politics is “a succession of rulers from the same family or line”. In North Korea, Kim Jong-il took over the reins of power from his father Kim Il-sung.

Most Vulnerable Prisoners

Most vulnerable prisoners

There has been some welcome news about the most vulnerable of all prisoners in South Asia — the Indians in Pakistani prisons and the Pakistanis in Indian jails — but…

Persistent Economic Woes

Persistent economic woes

Pakistan remains in the depths of economic gloom and despair while most of the rest of Asia is bouncing back from the slowdown economists call the ‘Great Recession of 2007-09’.…

Millennium Development Goals

Millennium development goals

Last week I was invited by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)to participate in an evaluation exercise of progress towards achieving the Millennium…

Forewarned Is Forearmed

Forewarned is forearmed

In a May 2011 Asian Development Bank report Asia 2050: Realizing the Asian Century, it is projected that per capita income in India by 2050 will be $41,700 and in…

Reversing 800 Years Of History

Reversing 800 years of history

All the great Muslim rulers of our past whom we look upon as our heroes were either Turks or Afghans, from Mahmud Ghaznavi to the last of the Mughals --…