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Shabir Ahmed

Business environment: There is more to it than EODB
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Business environment: There is more to it than EODB

"Who will make investment in the country if businessmen face harassment?" questioned Justice Farrukh Irfan Khan of Lahore High Court while ordering removal of Shahzad Saleem (CEO Nishat Chunian Power) from the ECL. Are the government, regulators, and watc
Published 28 Feb, 2019 12:00am
18th Amendment: More about power than people
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18th Amendment: More about power than people

Eight years down the road it will be appropriate to examine the extent to which the 18th Amendment; hailed by most as a turning point in our tortuous political journey, has helped governments serve people better. Wasn't that the idea?
Published 21 Feb, 2019 12:00am
Our growing middle class: myth and reality
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Our growing middle class: myth and reality

You keep hearing something over and over again and you start to believe it. Evidence becomes unimportant. We as a nation have a fondness for stories, for the anecdotal. Evidence-based research is not something we go to sleep with.
Published 14 Feb, 2019 12:00am
Economic diplomacy: the elusive target
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Economic diplomacy: the elusive target

At least once every two years Ambassadors from selected countries get together for the Envoys conference. Almost always economic diplomacy is top of the agenda. From Prime Minister down they are reminded modern diplomacy is about promoting country's econo
Published 07 Feb, 2019 12:00am
Imran's travels: More than meets the eye?
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Imran's travels: More than meets the eye?

It couldn't have been easy for the PM to break his vow to stay put for at least the first six months. Within weeks he was touching all four corners of the region: Malaysia to Turkey, Saudi Arabia to China. It must have taken some 'persuasion'.
Published 31 Jan, 2019 12:00am
Industrial policy: it's all about competitiveness
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Industrial policy: it's all about competitiveness

There is a growing consensus that we need an industrial policy. Advisor Commerce and Industry has promised we will have one by May. Fortuitously, the movers and shakers of our policies have stayed put in Washington D.C., keeping the Advisor out of harm's
Published 24 Jan, 2019 12:00am
Asad: between rock and a hard place
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Asad: between rock and a hard place

The beleaguered Finance Minister gets no respite. He is constantly in the line of fire; at times under friendly fire as well. He puts on a brave face, using his analytical mind and impressive articulation to good effect. Ironically, this invites more flak
Published 17 Jan, 2019 12:00am
Informal economy: the only path?
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Informal economy: the only path?

"Wage jihad against the four ills of our country: poverty, illiteracy, injustice, and corruption" was the PM's New Year resolution. Who could disagree? Not even those who look to the skies for a sliver of solid thinking to translate PM's noble intentions
Published 10 Jan, 2019 12:00am
Let PIA go
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Let PIA go

Once upon a time, there was an airline called Pan Am, pride of the dominant power basking in its post war supremacy. We never missed its logo as we drove through the archway of its iconic headquarters in New York. It 'disappeared' long ago, unsung and for
Published 03 Jan, 2019 12:00am