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In Pakistan, anything ‘state-owned’ is treated as bad by default — as if there is something inherent in the model that ensures failure. This...
Think of ‘success’ in the contemporary age and a few words come to mind: initiative, influence, innovation, inspiration, individuality. Other than...
Persistently high rates of inflation are the result of current account deficits, i.e. when the import bill exceeds proceeds from exports and...
The central difference between Western approaches to ‘aid’ and Chinese ones is that the former is fueled by adherence to one particular ideology,...
T he vast majority of talk around ‘elite capture’ carries a moralistic central implication: if only we had more honest individuals at the helm of...
I magine a political party that, rather than pushing ‘policies’ in a haphazard, ill-informed and patronising manner, was instead only interested...
E conomists see an inverse relationship between government regulations and ‘market competition’ — an idea that is taken at face value in policy...
P akistan’s policymaking domain is saturated with individuals who perceive their role as purely ‘technical’ in its fundamental essence. Akin to...
Despite one of the most rapid rates of urbanisation in South Asia, Pakistan’s cities remain inhospitable to ordinary working people. Runaway sprawl,...
Pakistan is a country where ordinary citizens are treated not as dynamic participants in societal processes, but passive spectators. Questioning...
The failure of Pakistan’s ruling class to conduct substantive land reform has meant the preservation of entrenched power structures, persistently...
Folks in the policy domain of Pakistan, including think tanks, development consultancies, non-government organisations and government agencies,...
Mainstream political parties in Pakistan operate as fiefdoms, with no internal transparency in terms of democratic norms, hierarchical progression,...