Real progress

It feels as if we’ve started mistaking dependency for progress. Just staying functional is being celebrated as growth. But I think we all know that borrowing — whether by individuals or by nations — is not a sign of strength. It is a response to something that has already gone wrong and a short-term fix when long-term solutions are missing. Progress comes when a young person finds a job that lets them stay in their own country. When a farmer does not have to beg for subsidies. When we stop needing loans and start building something worth passing on to the next generation.

Dr Asif Khan

Lahore