RCET indispensable for export-led growth?
Textile exports reached $ 11.35 billion in the 9MFY21 from $ 10.41 billion over the corresponding months of last year, showing a growth of 9.06 percent. This year, a record…
Darkness descends
The people of Pakistan had barely had opportunity to recover their breath after the horrendous massacre of 11 Hazara coal-miners in Mach, Balochistan on January 3, 2021 and the insensitivity…
A tale of two classes
In recent years, the growing anger and discontent of the working class has reached its height. The main reason of this discontent is the widening disconnect between the ruling elite…
Raisi’s challenges
As expected, hardline conservative Ebrahim Raisi won the June 18 presidential elections in Iran. There was no real contest in the elections since no strong reformist candidate was contesting the…
Reviving the Railways
Pakistan’s poorly managed and decaying railways system took away 65 precious lives on June 7 when two passenger trains collided in Sindh in which five passengers were killed and nearly…
Growth for the rich
A heated debate is going on between the government and opposition over the state of the economy, and a controversy has developed over the GDP growth rate. Both the government…
Global transformation
THE world is undergoing a transformation of historic proportions. Two main drivers of this are the growing US-China rivalry and the scientific and technological revolution worldwide especially in the US,…
Walking back from a dead end
WHEN one hits a dead end street the only option is to turn around and take a detour. That is exactly what the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is now trying…
Demands of security
It is axiomatic that there cannot be anything more important than national security for an independent country. Security has two main aspects: external and internal. Without external security, a country…
Facts are sacred
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, in one of his first decisions after taking oath, curtailed the all-encompassing powers enjoyed by Minister of Finance Ishaq Dar during the four-year long Sharif…
