Syed Asad Ali Shah

Syed Asad Ali Shah

  • Economic fallout

    The representational image of a judge's gavel. — APP FilePakistan stands today at a moment where questions of power, law and governance are no...

  • Economic fallout

    Economic fallout

    The representational image of a judge's gavel. — APP FilePakistan stands today at a moment where questions of power, law and governance are no...

  • Pakistan’s growth model is broken

    The representational image shows a yellow sticky note with the words "TAX TIME" written on it, placed on a laptop keyboard. — Unsplash/FileOne...

  • Pakistan’s growth model is broken

    Pakistan’s growth model is broken

    The representational image shows a yellow sticky note with the words "TAX TIME" written on it, placed on a laptop keyboard. — Unsplash/FileOne...

  • Auditing the auditors?

    In two previous articles I wrote on accountability and the Public Accounts Committees for these pages, I had discussed the critical need for...

  • Auditing the auditors?

    Auditing the auditors?

    Office of auditor general, country’s supreme audit institution, continues to function largely as it did under British rule

  • Federalism at risk — Part - II

    A representational image of a table where coins and cubes with tax letters written on them are placed on the papers. — Pexels/File As I noted in...

  • Federalism at risk — Part - II

    Federalism at risk — Part - II

    A representational image of a table where coins and cubes with tax letters written on them are placed on the papers. — Pexels/File As I noted in...

  • Federalism at risk ( Part – I)

    A person can be seen holding Pakistani currency notes in his hands. — AFP/FileThis is Part I of a two-part article. Here I trace the historical...

  • Federalism at risk ( Part – I)

    Federalism at risk ( Part – I)

    A person can be seen holding Pakistani currency notes in his hands. — AFP/FileThis is Part I of a two-part article. Here I trace the historical...

  • Why we need to shift from survival to scale

    Workers work on a production line at a factory in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China April 9, 2025. —ReutersThis article links directly to my...

  • Why we need to shift from survival to scale

    Why we need to shift from survival to scale

    Workers work on a production line at a factory in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China April 9, 2025. —ReutersThis article links directly to my...

  • The real contest of growth

    People visit a book store in Shenzhen, China's southern Guangdong province on July 21, 2025. — AFPChina’s modern rise began with Deng...

  • The real contest of growth

    The real contest of growth

    People visit a book store in Shenzhen, China's southern Guangdong province on July 21, 2025. — AFPChina’s modern rise began with Deng...

  • Breaking free from ‘normal’

    Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in this undated photo.—AFP/FileIn his final letter to Amazon shareholders, Jeff Bezos shared a remarkable passage from...

  • Breaking free from ‘normal’

    Breaking free from ‘normal’

    Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in this undated photo.—AFP/FileIn his final letter to Amazon shareholders, Jeff Bezos shared a remarkable passage from...

  • Reform or relapse

    An employee counts Pakistani rupee notes at a bank in Peshawar, on August 22, 2023. — ReutersPakistan has posted a $2.1 billion current account...

  • Reform or relapse

    Reform or relapse

    An employee counts Pakistani rupee notes at a bank in Peshawar, on August 22, 2023. — ReutersPakistan has posted a $2.1 billion current account...

  • Rethink, innovate, export

    Rethink, innovate, export

    Representational image of people buy pulses and grains at a wholesale market. — AFP/File Pakistan’s economic trajectory remains...

  • Rethink, innovate, export

    Rethink, innovate, export

    Representational image of people buy pulses and grains at a wholesale market. — AFP/File Pakistan’s economic trajectory remains...