Economy’s 20-20 on January 9, 2020Economy handling is a mature business. It requires wisdom, skills and patience to steer the process of growth and sustainable development. Patience is a key element to navigate economy. It is paramount to understand that economy neither deteriorate or revive within months or short time of period. It requires continuous efforts to move on either […]
CPEC Puzzle on January 6, 2020From the very first day PTI declared CPEC a top priority. Prime Minister himself, at different occasions pinned the importance of CPEC. He assured all stakeholders including Chinese counterparts that his government will do everything to smoothen the process of implementation. Prime Minister established CPEC Authority and speed up the process for joint coordination meeting. […]
CPEC PUZZLE on January 4, 2020From the very first day PTI declared CPEC a top priority. Prime Minister himself, at different occasions pinned the importance of CPEC. He assured all stakeholders including Chinese counterparts that his government will do everything to smoothen the process of implementation. Prime Minister established CPEC Authority and speed up the process for joint coordination meeting. […]
Economy of Rayasat Medina on December 29, 2019Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) created a unique system of economic and well-being with the guidance of Allah. The system ensured the welfare of human and paved a way for peaceful rise of humanity. Human dignity and social justice were key pillars. It also caters the needs of planet earth and environmental sustainability. Since then it has […]
BRI or BUILD, Will Pakistan Repeat History? on December 6, 2019United States passed “Better Utilization Investments Leading to Development (BUILD)” Act 2018. The Act was designed to achieve three important objectives: a) promote private sector to invest in low developed countries, b) provide an alternative to China’s BRI initiative, c) complement USA’s foreign policy, security and national interests. United States International Development Finance Cooperation (USIDFC) […]
CPEC hangover on December 2, 2019CPEC is not losing charm at global forums. It is one of the much-debated projects among businessmen, scholars and policy makers. Unfortunately, most of times it is analyzed through biased and negative prism. Economic dimension remain sub-ordinate and geo-strategic dimension try to be dominant factor. It gives rise to conspiracy theories and sometime controversies. Leading […]
Development strategy in context of climate change on November 26, 2019Global Climate Risk Index 2019, places Pakistan at 8th position among themost vulnerable countries to climate change. From 1998 to 2017, climate change is implicating cost of US$ 3.9 billion on average per year. In terms of GDP the cost is 0.5 percenton annual basis. Further it was estimated that Pakistan suffered a loss of […]
CPEC and Saudi investment: the way forward on February 20, 2019Pakistan is celebrating the announcement of $20 billion ininvestment by Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman (MBS). Indeed, this is a cause of great relief and satisfaction for Pakistan’s investment hungry economy, which was struggling to overcome the shocks and devastating impacts of the war on terror, frequent floods and bad governance. There were offers from […]
Vision 2030 of Saudi Arabia and opportunities for Pakistan on February 17, 2019Last decade observed miracle changes in economic and governance systems in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). For the first time KSA appointed a young and dynamic leader Muhammad Bin Salman as the crown prince. The Crown Prince, is member of the next generation in the royal family who is trying to revolutionize the governance and […]
Foreign policy challenges and opportunities for Pakistan on January 31, 2019The founding father of Pakistan set the contour for foreign policy with the key elements of peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial relations. Article 40 of the constitution elaborated it and showed strong commitment to the principals of peace and mutually beneficial relations. Since its inception, Pakistan’s foreign policy efforts revolve around these principals. However, the […]