Outsourcing reforms to technocrats takes away the incentive for political parties to build up capacity to lead key reforms.
Updated 19 Dec, 2022 08:13am
The fair thing to do is to tax people who own land.
Published 24 Nov, 2020 07:34am
The new retirement rules are indicative of the priorities of the government or its desire to aim at low hanging fruit.
Updated 10 Sep, 2020 01:49pm
Our policymakers have failed to understand the importance of city governance.
Published 23 Nov, 2019 07:04am
Should we ignore much-needed underlying reforms, we are destined to be stuck in this vicious cycle.
Updated 26 Sep, 2019 03:49pm
The Punjab Local Government Bill 2019 aims to establish 9 metropolitan corporations for almost all major cities.
Updated 21 Aug, 2019 04:20pm
Just raising more revenue won't turn Pakistan into a welfare state.
Updated 03 Jul, 2019 04:57pm
We need to attempt to reform the institutions which govern us, better property rights might be a good place to start.
Updated 01 Aug, 2019 03:59pm
Our economic failure is a symptom of our collective political choices. But it doesn't have to be this way.
Updated 18 Apr, 2019 06:41pm
If Pakistan is to soberly pursue this goal, it is useful to critically engage the feasibility and implications.
Updated 10 Sep, 2018 12:28pm
