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Bringing state back into public service
Opinion

Bringing state back into public service

All these years it has been the working classes of the world who have been carrying on their fragile shoulders the ever mounting load of opulence of the rich. But the slowdown of the wheels of the national economies following lockdowns of varying degrees
Published 22 Apr, 2020 02:52am
Costliest war, ever
Opinion

Costliest war, ever

The Covid-19 has proved to be a great leveler. The pandemic does not discriminate between the rich and the poor, mighty and the weak, left and right, between religious and ethnic divides, between the erudite and the ignorant and; it is totally blind to th
Published 15 Apr, 2020 12:00am
A self-sufficient economic model
Opinion

A self-sufficient economic model

It is time to strike a strategic balance between public and economic health for the maximum economic good of masses at large, especially the have-nots. As such, while extreme physical austerity needs to be observed in social interactions, we do need a non
Published 08 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Public health vs economic health
Opinion

Public health vs economic health

Focusing exclusively on public health rather than trying to strike a balance between human and economic health, China seems to have succeeded by March 15, in preventing, to a large extent, Covid-19 spreading exponentially in the mainland since it first st
Published 01 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Caring for the poor and vulnerable
Opinion

Caring for the poor and vulnerable

The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), an official socio-economic think tank has voted for lockdown arguing that vacillation would not be able to contain the spread of the disease and its consequences on the economy would be unbearable in
Published 25 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Cost of illicit cigarette trade
Opinion

Cost of illicit cigarette trade

According to a UN 'doom's day scenario' the global economy faces a 'US$ 2 trillion' hit in view of the devastation being caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic. But even this figure is only tentative. Seemingly almost the entire world is gradually movin
Published 18 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Don't sell family silver to foreigners
Opinion

Don't sell family silver to foreigners

During the current year, two RLNG power plants, SME Bank, Services International Hotel, Jinnah Convention Centre, Islamabad and 27 other state-owned properties are being planned to be privatized.
Published 11 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Economic dividends of peace deal
Opinion

Economic dividends of peace deal

There are still a number of 'ifs' and 'buts' to the peace agreement signed by the US and Afghan Taliban on Saturday last (February 29, 2020). It would certainly take a lot of doing for the 40-year long bloodbath to turn into permanent peace giving rise ul
Published 04 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Tax challenges of digital economy
Opinion

Tax challenges of digital economy

Pakistan is too small player - in fact, an insignificant player in the new global game called digital economy, advancing fast in the wake of fourth industrial revolution (4IR). Therefore, instead of rushing thoughtlessly into a world that is being trodden
Published 26 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Trading in the age of automation
Opinion

Trading in the age of automation

As Pakistan tries to regain its foothold in the world export market, the global export scenario is undergoing a drastic disruption. Suddenly it is not cheap labour that the manufacturers are looking for but smart labour, well-versed in new tech skills, au
Published 19 Feb, 2020 12:00am
A social worker in the court of free market
Opinion

A social worker in the court of free market

"We came to power for the welfare of the poor. We have no right to continue staying in power if we don't care about them," Prime Minister Imran Khan said the other day while presiding over a meeting to review the rising prices of essential commodities.
Published 12 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Learning through technology
Opinion

Learning through technology

Without adequate energy supplies, adequate capital and adequate availability of technology no country can stand on its own two feet and protect its sovereignty from being eroded by those on whom such countries, depend for dole.
Published 05 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Stepping out of the rut
Opinion

Stepping out of the rut

In times of severe economic down-turn resource short countries like Pakistan need to practice punishing austerity - punishing specially for the haves as the have-nots have been already going through such austerity for ages - to enhance rates of savings an
Updated 29 Jan, 2020 05:00am
Limits of capitalism
Opinion

Limits of capitalism

The PTI-led coalition government that came to power about 17 months ago promising change (Tabdeli) has so far followed almost the same failed economic model that the successive governments, both civil and military, have been pursuing over the last 40 year
Published 22 Jan, 2020 12:00am
A broken economic system
Opinion

A broken economic system

Only the rich countries can afford the luxury of free market economy (FME). Indeed, FME is a luxury the rich countries have enjoyed to the hilt over the last 40 years while the not-so-rich and the poor suffered horrendously from this system. Whatever weal
Published 15 Jan, 2020 12:00am
'Political' versus 'liberal' capitalism
Opinion

'Political' versus 'liberal' capitalism

Pakistan's economy has always remained in a state of confusion. Except for the first decade or so when we went for import substitution our attempts to set our economy on an even keel that would take us to what we could rightly claim to be a social-welfare
Updated 08 Jan, 2020 05:01am
Tabdili? What Tabdili?
Opinion

Tabdili? What Tabdili?

The Prime Minister is the only change that seems to have happened to Pakistan since the advent of the PTI government which came in riding Imran Khan's catchy slogan of 'Tabdili'. Everything else, from governance to economy, politics, foreign affairs, soci
Published 01 Jan, 2020 12:00am
IMF no solution?
Opinion

IMF no solution?

Pakistan will be entering the new calendar year with inflation and interest rates in double digit; growth rates both in agriculture and manufacturing declining, in fact the large scale manufacturing is experiencing negative growth to the tune of almost se
Updated 26 Dec, 2019 07:17pm
Tackling corruption globally
Opinion

Tackling corruption globally

Corruption is an unavoidable side-effect that a society necessarily suffers from when it practises a no-holds-barred free market economy along with electoral democracy. Civilised societies do succeed, to some extent, in keeping the side-effects to a minim
Updated 18 Dec, 2019 07:54am
Education challenge
Opinion

Education challenge

It is time we declared education emergency in the country. In fact, we should have done this yesterday. An estimated 25 million of our schoolgoing children are out there on the streets or are already earning their keep for their families. Tragedy is, most
Updated 11 Dec, 2019 06:19am