The Case for a Pakistani Model?
We already possess the resilience, critical mass and potential for change. The question is not what to do, but how to do it. It will take a generation, but we must begin.
Learning from Russia’s Supply-Side Flat Tax Reforms
Russia’s renaissance is proof that supply-side economic reforms and the flat tax works.
Wasting Public Funds
The prime minister belongs to a business family of the private sector. Would he tolerate if one of his organisations was constantly going into a loss?
Digital Reluctance
Only in June this year, over 6,000 papers were printed, photocopied, distributed, filed and mailed to various government departments to notify four Eid holidays…
CTBCM: Electricity Market that has Never Arrived
Donors, consultants, and the market operator have put in years of work. Yet, five years later, the market is still not there.
Climate not Behind Agri-Sector Fall
True cause of decline is poor governance, ignorance and pro-private sector policies.
The Limitations of Power Sector Privatisation
Meaningful liberalization of the energy sector must be based on dismantling the Uniform National Tariff in both power and gas.
Reverse Robin Hood
Welcome to the Land of the Pure, where we’ve institutionalised the exact opposite: a Reverse Robin Hood. We’ve built a system that extracts from the poor and middle class to protect the privileges of the powerful.
Are We Benching the Best?
Let’s make room for youth, respect the wisdom of age, and build institutions where tenure is limited, performance is rewarded and experience is rechanneled, not discarded.
Anemic Agricultural Growth
But agriculture—the backbone of Pakistan’s economy and the mainstay of rural livelihoods—barely grew at all, recording a paltry 0.56% increase.