Sarmad Khawaja

  • Reforming the PBS

    A general view of the building of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics' office. — Facebook/PakStat/FileThe government review of the Pakistan Bureau of...

  • Reforming the PBS

    Reforming the PBS

    A general view of the building of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics' office. — Facebook/PakStat/FileThe government review of the Pakistan Bureau of...

  • The making of Marxism

    The making of Marxism

    Four years ago, in these columns, I paid tribute to Marx by outlining his key ideas

  • The metrics that matter

    The metrics that matter

    Point is not to pour cold water over government’s achievements, but to look at baseline metrics

  • The rock opera that’s reviving Seraiki

    The rock opera that’s reviving Seraiki

    Unesco says, such education is in crisis because 37% of children worldwide lack this right

  • Greening our rooftops

    Greening our rooftops

    Here is story of roof gardens from ancient times to current practices that we and our civic authorities could learn from

  • The policies will continue

    The policies will continue

    Mr Trump’s agenda should worry us if we care about democracy and rule of law

  • A walk in the park

    A walk in the park

    You see and hear this daily – the interactions of flora, and fauna as you ramble along the park’s grounds

  • Trickle-down trouble

    Trickle-down trouble

    Laissez-faire economics is no guarantor of rapid growth, and no cure for our urgent problems

  • Hooked on hopium

    Hooked on hopium

    Data tells that public investment has been falling since 2017 – the key marker of hopium

  • PML-N’s volte face

    PML-N’s volte face

    What does it mean to keep OGDCL and PPL on the privatization list?

  • Keeping children in school

    Keeping children in school

    The first thing is to build schools two kilometres apart on either side of the Indus

  • The privatization dilemma

    The privatization dilemma

    During January-March this year PTCL lost Rs4.8 billion, but before privatization, it was hugely profitable

  • The beauty of mathematics

    The beauty of mathematics

    Mathematician and philosopher Alfred Whitehead explains this best

  • Is the stock market out of line?

    Is the stock market out of line?

    It is. I say this because I think that as the stock market climbs by nearly 60 per cent in the past six months, its rise is not in sync with our...

  • Upending old politics

    Upending old politics

    Understanding the PPP’s leadership is a puzzle these days. Its impressive show in Quetta two days ago sent a strong message of unity.Yet, last...

  • No child left behind

    No child left behind

    World Children’s Day is usually an understated affair in our country. And its motto ‘for every child, every right’ is hardly taken seriously...

  • The BRI as disruptor

    The BRI as disruptor

    China's President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at the Great Hall of...