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Furqan Ali

The Friday Times

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The education cul-de-sac

Despite decades of reforms, Pakistan’s education system remains in a state of perma-crisis. In an era of rapid technological transformation, the...

04.01.2025 10

The News International

Furqan Ali

A Case For A Living Wage

A Case For A Living Wage

Iqbal, in his famous poem in Bal-e-Jibril , personifying God, penned: "Find the field whose harvest is no peasant’s daily bread— Garner in the...

31.12.2024 3

The Friday Times

Furqan Ali

Beyond the numbers

In its last meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to cut the policy rate by 250 basis points to 15 per cent. Per the MPC Statement,...

10.12.2024 4

The News International

Furqan Ali

Is Art Useless?

“All art is quite useless,” said Oscar Wilde in the preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray. Indeed, it was once considered “useless” in the...

05.12.2024 3

The Nation

Furqan Ali

Myopia of Elitism

I was scrolling through my phone when a message popped up in the official WhatsApp group, sharing the latest minimum wage notification. The...

28.11.2024 2

The Nation

Furqan Ali

Butterflies Without A Garden: The Plight of Pakistan's Youth

“Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive But to be young was very heaven.” ― William Wordsworth, The Prelude The UN's most recent World...

27.11.2024 6

The Friday Times

Furqan Ali

Bridging The Gap: Solving Pakistan’s Investment Catch-22

Pakistan's investment-to-GDP ratio has been enervating. At a meager 13.1% in Fiscal Year 2024 — the lowest in the past 64 years — the country...

23.11.2024 1

The Friday Times

Furqan Ali

Accounting for the unaccounted

We recently observed the International Day of the Girl Child. The day signifies the aspiration to have a society bereft of the challenges girls...

22.10.2024 2

The News International

Furqan Ali

Rethinking Pakistan's Tax Policy

“There’s nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit.”  --said Lt. Col. Frank Slade (played by Al Pacino) in the movie titled Scent of a...

14.10.2024 3

The Friday Times

Furqan Ali

A case for gendered mobility

10.10.2024 3

The News International

Furqan Ali

Is our nervous system in disarray?

“We are the hollow men, we are the stuffed men, leaning together, headpiece filled with straw,” lamented T S Eliot: the ‘hollowness’ we have...

31.08.2024 1

The News International

Furqan Ali

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