آئی ایم ایف کی شرائط ماننا حکومت کی مجبوری ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔! اگلے ایک اور سال تک مہنگائی بڑھے گی اور بڑھتی ہی چلے جائے گی۔

ئی ایم ایف کی شرائط ماننا حکومت کی مجبوری ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔ ۔! اگلے ایک اور سال تک مہنگائی بڑھے گی اور بڑھتی…

“Devaluation Was A Terrible Decision” – Analysis By Dr Fahd Ali

Dr Fahd Ali, economist and professor at ITU, tells Raza Rumi how devaluation was a terrible decision.…

آصف زرداری کی بھی حکومت کو معیشت پر معاہدے کی پیشکش: کیا اپوزیشن اس پیشکش میں سنجیدہ ہے؟

سابق صدر آصف علی زرداری کی جانب سے موجودہ پی ٹی آئی حکومت کو چارٹر آف اکانومی کی پیشکش پر میرا تجزیہ۔ پاکستان کی…

Akbar Zaidi talks to Naya Daur

Akbar Zaidi talks to Naya Daur. Zaidi says instability and govt’s confusion at the heart of economic crisis and therefore govt will have to…

Pakistan needs an IMF deal. Populism does not make countries strong or independent.

My analysis on the recent IMF deal under Imran Khan led PTI government. It is clear that Pakistan needs an IMF deal. Populism does…

Nawaz Sharif, a veteran of Pakistan’s political tumult

CNN’s Jethro Mullen weighs in on Nawaz Sharif The strongest contender to become the next Pakistani prime minister is hardly a newcomer to the…

Governance crisis cannot be treated by old formula of changing faces

An old piece that I could not post earlier: Commenting on the melting state of the economy, a reputed economic analyst stated how the…

What needs to be done in Karachi

By Raza Rumi The recent escalation of violence and senseless butchery in Karachi serves to remind us once again just how the state is withering away…

Time for a consensus on economic policy

My piece which was published by The News under the title Prospects of change The recent decision of the federal cabinet to rationalise General…

Rescuing the Pakistani state

Pakistani, and by extension the global media, are regurgitating tiresome cliches about corruption without talking about reforming state institutions. For instance, not a single…

To undo the vicious past

 Published in the News on Sunday It’s about time a civilian Pakistan functions as a peaceful country with fair share of resources put into…

Pakistan: IMF Programme needs to be debated

Debating the aid plan The not-so-inevitable is about to happen. After weeks of groping in the darkness of global financial mess, the Pakistani government…