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Miftah Ismail

Miftah Ismail

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Monarchies, dynasties, institutions

IT has become de rigueur these days for many commentators to speak alarmingly about the pitfalls of political dynasties. The ‘dynasties’ they...

01.03.2023 200

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Debt repayment problem

PAKISTAN owes the world about $100 billion and has to repay $21bn to foreign lenders during the current fiscal year. And during the next three years,...

14.01.2023 200

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The question of privatisation

WHEN I wrote my columns on the six pillars for growth, people pointed out areas I had missed, including privatisation of state-owned enterprises....

30.12.2022 200

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Our failure to educate

IN my previous column I briefly described five out of six pillars required of a new social contract that delivers growth and development. They were...

22.12.2022 300

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What we need to grow

IN recent columns, I have written about the control of elites over Pakistan’s polity, the ineffectiveness of our governments and our pursuing the...

08.12.2022 300

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A consistent downward slide

ASK anyone familiar with economic matters what is the basic problem with Pakistan’s economy and they will say it’s the current account deficit....

27.11.2022 400

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