Education and technology centric strategies can turn around Pakistan’s economic destiny: Shan Saeed on December 18, 2018Shan Saeed is a Chief Economist at IQI Global, a leading property and investment company operating and advising clients in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Makati, Toronto and Dubai [www.iqiglobal.com]. He has 18 years of solid financial market experience in the areas of private banking, risk /compliance management, commodity investments, global economy, brand […]
Don’t blame Imran Khan — only on October 19, 2018“To our misfortune, we have won”, were the historic words of Poland’s Walesa when the Solidarity won after first of its kind revolution in the former Soviet Empire’s satellite state was able to turn the tables. Spearheaded by Lech Walesa, the movement promised independence and end of authoritarianism. However, with $400 in debt and inflation […]
What is wrong with PSX? on October 9, 2018Ever since the spectre of Panama papers was let loose, the Pakistan Stock Exchange has been the subject of so much volatility and fluctuation as to induce a permanent state of vertigo for those riding on the undulating waves. First it was political uncertainty that lapsed for almost more than a year. As the political […]
Pakistan’s Economic Predicament on September 30, 2018All was hunky-dory in 2016. Stock market gave a mouth-watering 46 percent return. Growth figures were promising. Chinese investment was flowing in. But all came to a screeching halt. The political soap opera starting with the Panama papers and culminating in the Avenfield case which saw Nawaz Sharif incarcerated along with his daughter shrouded the […]
A critical juncture for Pakistan on August 17, 2018With the signing of the Magna Carta in 1215, England set itself on the path to becoming the first country ever to savour a stable society and sustainable growth. The process that was initiated back then, culminated in the establishment of a parliament in 1265, and reached its apogee with the glorious revolution of 1688. […]
Time for the youth to shine on August 1, 2018Seeing enthusiastic, ambitious, well-spoken youngsters exchange their views on the manifestos of the parties was delightful. One could see the enthusiasm of the youngsters of Pakistan and their aim to work and contribute to the country. Although elections are now done and over with, the event, such as the one organised by Pakistan Institute of […]
To the patriarchs on May 5, 2018As the Weinstein case unfolded, women all over the world stepped forward to speak. As they did, the world was taken aback by both the magnitude and the gravity of the offenses committed. Whether it was the revelation of licentiousness in the men-only charity dinner in London by a Financial Times journalist or Bill Cosby’s […]
Trump, Middle East and Russia on April 17, 2018On April 14, 2018, the world watched in shock as the US, France and UK, targeted chemical plants in Syria. This was considered the worst possibility, yet it happened. Few days before BBC compiled a video wherein multiple international security and political analysts spoke about the possibility of a third world war pertaining to the […]
Pax Sinica — growing and strengthening on February 16, 2018China’s 19th Communist Party Congress, a quinquennial event, was one of the most important political development last year. In a three and half hour address, President Xi Jinping outlined his vision for the country’s future. While delineating the thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, he said that China was at a […]
Is Pax Americana weakening? on February 4, 2018Last year, when the UN rejected Trump’s diplomatic gaucherie of recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, it showed that the world could no longer be defined in a strict “polar” orientation. After the World Wars, both Russia and United States were unchallenged powers. However, as explained by Paul Kennedy in his book Rise and Fall of […]