There are many developments, external and internal, that Pakistan must manage with skill and finesse.Externally, the rivalry between the US and...
There is nothing more important today than the lives of Pakistanis and survival of businesses. Helping them should be the clearly stated goal of the...
There is an overload of talk about the pandemic but not too many answers or even the right questions being asked. The lifting of the lockdown was...
Part one of this series dealt with health and welfare issues. Let’s now turn to the economic crisis caused by the pandemic.The economy was already...
A crisis compels introspection. My hope is that the pandemic will force us to rethink the government's role in Pakistan, as an agent of change and...
The virus is a test of how well states are run. It is not without reason that East Asia’s response is better than in other parts of the world. On...
The pandemic has something to say to all of us. Its most clear message is that humans must change the way they live. UN Secretary General Guterres...
Our knowledge of history, economics, and much more owes a lot to the works of Ibn Khaldun. With his usual keen eye, he said that “Government is an...
Is more debt a cure for high-debt economies? That is the conundrum faced by most distressed economies.In recent years, Argentina and Greece have...
Past governments have claimed that Pakistan will soon become an ‘Asian Tiger’ or that CPEC is the game changer we were waiting for. Yet, the...
