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FebPopulation and security
By Zahid Hussain Published in DAWN on February 02, 2022 IT is a nightmare scenario that is fast unfolding. Yet the threat that population explosion presents to national security is missing from our policy discourse. Aside from a fleeting reference to population management, there is not enough recognition of the […]
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JanLocal democracy or elected despotism?
By Ali Cheema Published in DAWN on January 31, 2022 LESS than a year after assuming power PTI fulfilled its promise of radically reforming local government legislation in Punjab. Punjab’s 2019 Local Government Act introduced a party-based directly elected mayoral system. Well established in the US, this system has been[…]
State Bank’s role
Published in DAWN on January 31, 2022 THE passage of the SBP Amendment Bill that gives absolute powers to the central bank will remove the last hitch in the way of the revival of the suspended IMF programme. But it would also drastically change the bank’s job description and its[…]
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JanOur monetary policy goals
By Riaz Riazuddin Published in DAWN on January 29, 2022 WHAT should be the goals of our monetary policy? Should it be to maintain price stability or promote growth, or both? It must be both, as universally accepted worldwide, because money and credit influence both inflation and growth. Excessive money[…]
