Sakib Sherani

Debating privatisation

Debating privatisation

Privatisation is a complex process with merits and demerits. Updated 26 Dec, 2015 06:20pm
Searching for a paradigm

Searching for a paradigm

There is a disconcerting lack of debate on our development paradigm. Published 11 Dec, 2015 02:19am
Widening disconnects

Widening disconnects

Government claims on the economy do not hold up to scrutiny. Updated 27 Nov, 2015 09:01am
Adrift without a plan

Adrift without a plan

The government’s economic management is divorced and desultory. Updated 02 Oct, 2015 03:19am
A Pakistan that works

A Pakistan that works

Pakistan is not as dysfunctional and dystopian as it is made out to be. Published 21 Aug, 2015 01:27am
Pakistan’s taxation crisis

Pakistan’s taxation crisis

The state has to restore its moral authority to tax by taxing its elite constituents. Published 07 Aug, 2015 03:17am
Productivity challenge

Productivity challenge

The efficient management of resources is strangely alien to Pakistan’s policymakers. Published 24 Jul, 2015 01:09am
Slaying the beast

Slaying the beast

What we have been witnessing here is a level of corruption once equated with the worst African despots. Published 26 Jun, 2015 01:32am
Battle of the budgets

Battle of the budgets

One of the main purposes of having shadow budgets is to present an alternate set of proposals. Published 12 Jun, 2015 01:48am
Rethinking the budget

Rethinking the budget

Recent national budgets have failed to convey recognition of Pakistan’s most pressing economic problems. Updated 07 Jun, 2017 12:27pm
Political economy of NFC

Political economy of NFC

The NFC should focus more on outcomes than resource transfers alone. Published 15 May, 2015 01:26am
Evaluating CPEC

Evaluating CPEC

An important consideration in planning the economic corridor should be the effect on Pakistan’s exports. Updated 21 Jun, 2017 05:51pm
Pakistan’s remittances

Pakistan’s remittances

It is surprising that even informed observers appear to know little of the PRI’s working. Updated 17 Apr, 2015 02:30am
Business community’s views

Business community’s views

Overall business sentiment remains weak two years into the PML-N government’s tenure. Published 03 Apr, 2015 01:54am