That Pakistan is in a profound economic and political crisis is no longer in dispute. Most observers and economists are united in that opinion. What...
This is a challenge that comes, but rarely, in a country’s history. The wisdom and courage with which the people resolve this crisis will test the...
Akbar S Ahmed’s new book, ‘The Flying Man’, is a masterpiece for our times. I use this word carefully to suggest that only a master of his...
When we study the pattern of the recurrent balance of payments crises, we find that its magnitude has an escalating trend. This time, such is the...
The challenge in dealing with the short-term crisis is to avoid debt default without making the poor pay for it. At the same time, the tactical...
The new gem from Akbar S Ahmed is a compiled and edited publication of two apparently unrelated, but subtly interlinked manuscripts: A set of...
Pakistan has begun to enter the steeply rising phase of the incidence of the Covid-19 infection. Less than a month ago on February 26, there were...
Covid-19 has made human suffering the predominant preoccupation for policymakers across the world. Out of the darkness of death and disease is...
Modi’s move in Kashmir was designed to present a political fait accompli to Kashmiris, Pakistan and the international community. But instead of...
The annexation of Indian Occupied Kashmir by the government of PM Modi signifies the onset of a new dynamic of power in the Subcontinent that could...
Three features of the present economic and security environment lead to the surmise that Pakistan is in the grip of what is termed ‘unconventional...
As Pakistan enters into its 13th IMF programme, it may be helpful to consider the likely economic, political and security consequences. Since the...
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmud Qureshi on Sunday, April 7, in a press briefing in Multan, announced that the government had “reliable” information...
During the parliament session on February 28, Prime Minister Imran Khan calmly announced near the end of his speech that the previous night he had...
So, the die is cast for another confrontation between two nuclear-armed neighbours. The way it unfolds could determine whether the peoples of this...
Pakistan once again is on the verge of adopting an IMF programme. This decision is being taken by a government that had sought electoral support on...
Development research over the last three decades has established two propositions that have major implications for redefining the role of a...
Pakistan’s economy is vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Pakistan, in 2016, stood at the fifth highest in the list of countries...
