“What ought to matter is people, not just countries”

Prof Dr S Akbar Zaidi has been the Executive Director of the IBA since January 2020; his tenure runs till January 2024. He is a renowned political economist with an experience of four decades of teaching and research in Pakistan and abroad. His areas of interest in research include political economy, development, the social sciences and history. Here, he talks to The News on Sunday on Pakistan’s economic trajectory and the rapidly evolving regional and global politics.