Tag: Pakistan
The Road Traveled and the Road Ahead
A default in the balance of payment situation has been averted and the IMF brought on board. There is an accountability drive in full swing and if nothing else it will impact on future activities. There is a resolve to end or at least minimize the large scale unchecked money laundering of the past
Where is the light at the end of the tunnel?
Today, the informal economy remains hidden and out of circulation. Neither the state nor the people are benefiting from it. There has to be a long term plan to allow all this informal economy to be integrated back into the formal economy without penalizing those who possess it
A Deed Most Foul
Spearhead Analysis—August 2019
“I have done the deed. Didst thou not hear a noise?” -- “The deed is done, the doers undone.”Shakespeare—in Macbeth
According to Mr...
The Shape of Things to Come
Spearhead Analysis – 17.06.2019
The Prime Minister in his midnight power address to the nation announced a ‘high-powered’ commission to probe loans taken over the...
India’s ASAT Test
Spearhead Analysis – 26.04.2019
By Shirin Naseer
Senior Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a televised address on March 27 to announce the successful conduct of India’s...
Forward March
Spearhead Analysis – 16.04.2019
By Farrukh Karamat
Senior Research Coordinator, Spearhead Research
The government having been berated for delaying the negotiations on the bail-out package with the International Monetary...
The SCO summit: New Challenges
Spearhead Analysis – 12.04.2019
By Shirin Naseer
Senior Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
At its annual summit in Tashkent, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) announced India and Pakistan are now...
The PTI’s Health Initiative
Spearhead Analysis – 12.04.2019
By Syed Murtaza Zaidi
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
The PTI’s short tenure since their election win last year has been contentious to say the least....
The Empty Full Glass
Spearhead Analysis – 12.04.2019
In a recent article the author, a well -known journalist, after listing the failures and shortcomings of the PTI government, concluded with...
Pakistan’s Malaysia Pivot Is Promising
Spearhead Analysis – 10.04.2019
By Fatima Ayub
Research Analyst, Spearhead Research
When Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan last met Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, praise for each other’s leadership and...