Tag: National Action Plan
Poor governance threatens Pakistan’s macroeconomic stability: WB
WB report titled ‘Pakistan@100: Shaping the Future’ says fiscal challenges partly due to weak governance
‘Failure to implement tax reforms, misalignment of responsibility,...
Why is the foreign exchange crisis a surprise?
By Humayun Akhtar Khan
The balance of payments crisis has been a regular feature of our economy. What we need to see is why it...
Let’s do the Time-Warp again!
By Chris Cork
With 2017 fast fading and an election coming into ever-sharper focus there is a real sense of political drift. The effects of the...
The state bytes back: Internet surveillance in Pakistan
By Sher Ali Khan
Farhatullah Babar measures every word he speaks. His caution, partially at least, results from the burden of being the long-standing spokesperson...
Trouble in Paradise
Spearhead Analysis – 20.02.2017
By Xenia Rasul Khan Mahsud
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
It’s a recurrent fever that Pakistan seems to be going through – remedied by nothing but its...
What Lies Ahead
Spearhead Analysis – 06.12.2016
By now it is clear that barring a major event we are not going to see any change in the political team...
Sources of embarrassment for Pakistan
How times change!
When the institutions change their policies and decide to go after their former assets, the head of the institution doesn’t have to...
Presenting The Pakistani Case
The leadership of Nawaz Sharif has been hailed, and political parties praised for their show of unity after the recently concluded All Parties Conference...
Water emergency
Capital suggestion
Imagine: nine years from today Pakistan will be facing “severe water shortages or even a drought-like situation.” According to The New York Times,...
Pakistan-India; traversing the rocky road to peace
Spearhead Analysis – 14.01.2016
By Moaz Masood
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
The Pakistan-India recalibration was expected to arrive at a red light soon after the terrible Pathankot incident. The rapprochement...