Performance and challenge
Published in Dawn, June 1st, 2019 IN an article titled ‘Boom or bust’ published in Dawn two years ago, I had posed the question whether the then government would behave any differently from its predecessors and, while hoping it would, answered that, “as in the past, we will fill up […]
A low value-added export trap
Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2019. While there has been much debate about the strengths and weaknesses of Pakistan’s economy, the one thing that no observer of the economy can deny is its predictability. A balance-of-payments crisis forced the government to enter into an IMF stabilisation package a[…]
A turning point
Published in Dawn, September 8th, 2019. ECONOMIC history is a fascinating subject, and at its exciting best when one tries to explain to graduate students why Britain was the first country to have undergone the Industrial Revolution, or why Japan was the first non-Western country to do so — or[…]
Canals, colonies and class: British policy in the Punjab 1880-1940
Book Launch ceremony of Dr Fareeha Zafar, Professor at the Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDs) was held at LSE, city campus on 24th May, 2017. The main speakers at the event were Professor Dr Naved Hamid, Professor Pervaiz Vandal, Dr Faisal Bari and Dr Rashid Amjad. The book Canals,[…]
