Innovation for prosperity
Countries making rapid economic strides have their primary focus on innovation to create the ecosystem abilities so that they are able to manufacture and export high-tech goods. Unfortunately, Pakistan has…
Resetting foreign economic relations : Part I
The 2021 National Security Policy has made geo-economics its main pivot. It is therefore essential to look in a coherent and comprehensive manner how Pakistan’s economic relations with other nations…
Appropriate penalties
While the world is witnessing a positive shift towards progressive decriminalisation in the shaping of drug policies and an accompanying decrease in drug-related executions, punishments for drug offences continue to…
Charter of education
We are living in 2022 – in fact, almost at the halfway mark of 2022. Back in the 1980s or even 1990s people would perhaps do anything to somehow have…
A tale of two valleys: Part – I
Long before Silicon Valley became famous in the late 20th century for creating a digital revolution, another famous valley made its mark on the world’s map some 4500 years ago.…
Is it geopolitical pressure?
This past weekend, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) hosted the Shangri La Dialogue – the Asia security summit it hosts in Singapore each year and has been doing…
Towards a glorious centenary
I spent August 14 in deep reflection this year. What kind of celebration is most appropriate for this country? What are the lessons from 75 years of independence that should…
A crisis and a reset
There is nothing inevitable about the constitutional and economic crises that we are facing. These are a consequence of our civilian and military rulers’ reckless elite bargains, chopping and changing…
Demographic engineering
Indian authorities have recently permitted temporary residents in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) to register as voters. This is yet another attempt by the Indian government to change…
How to break a vicious cycle [Part – IV]
Medium-term agenda: First, devolve administrative and legal powers and financial resources to elected local governments for delivery of basic public goods and services responsive to the specific needs of the…
