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S. Akbar Zaidi

A senseless demand

WHILE well-meaning, the `demand` by a section of civil society for Pakistan`s foreign debt to be written off in the... Published 03 Sep, 2010 12:00am

A drowning state

WHILE the physical and material destruction caused by the floods in Pakistan has been colossal, the deluge has also... Published 20 Aug, 2010 12:00am

A drowning state

WHILE the physical and material destruction caused by the floods in Pakistan has been colossal, the deluge has also... Published 20 Aug, 2010 12:00am

Constraints to autonomy

FOLLOWING the failure of centralised systems of economic delivery and the collapse of state-managed economic... Published 09 Aug, 2010 12:00am

Oppositional economics?

NOW that Nawaz Sharif and his party, the PML-N, have decided to play the role of a `genuine` opposition to the... Published 02 Jul, 2010 12:00am

Budget: the good & bad

THE most annoying thing about the budget every year is not so much the budget itself, but the nonsense that ... Published 11 Jun, 2010 12:00am

No economic crisis

Journalists and commentators have been accusing the government of `manipulating` the GDP growth figures by creative... Published 24 May, 2010 12:00am

Musharrafian economics?

FOR a popular political party which has had a long history of representing the people, particularly the... Published 27 Mar, 2010 12:00am

Trade & peace: are they linked?

Trade between India and Pakistan was at its peak in the year following Kargil. — File Photo by Reuters Few people... Published 15 Feb, 2010 12:00am

The problem with aid

IN the large bevy of commentators writing on the politics of aid to Pakistan, many of whom are not really trained or... Published 19 Oct, 2009 12:00am

Impatience with democracy

A PHRASE which one hears increasingly in the media is that people are getting `impatient with democracy` and more... Published 21 Jan, 2009 12:00am

Discipline and punish

THIS article is not directly related to the IMF programme just agreed to by the Government of Pakistan, yet given ... Published 25 Nov, 2008 12:00am

Everyone is an economist

Pakistan`s economic crisis and confusion, exacerbated primarily on account of unforgivable delayed responses by the... Published 25 Oct, 2008 12:00am

Everyone is an economist

Pakistan`s economic crisis and confusion, exacerbated primarily on account of unforgivable delayed responses by the... Published 25 Oct, 2008 12:00am

Six months are enough

SIX months is long enough for any government to settle down and start the process of governing. After this period,... Published 22 Sep, 2008 12:00am

Another kind of change

WHILE Pakistan`s hesitant political transformation falters further, one has to note that developments over the last... Published 14 Apr, 2008 12:00am

Economics and politics

PAKISTAN must be one of the strangest countries in the world. With elections to be held in a matter of days, the... Published 02 Feb, 2008 12:00am

Democratic and political spaces

THOSE of us who were hoping that political parties would take a principled stand and boycott a sham structure and... Published 07 Jan, 2008 12:00am