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Two stories this past week were supposed to be celebrated by Pakistanis that are thirsting for reform. The first was the news that the cabinet has approved the hiring of foreign consulting firms...

These days, if you talk to anyone in government about any new program or initiative, really anything that will cost money, the response is often the same: there is no money.Understandably, a lot of...

Voters should be wary of inaugurations of grand projects because they are unlikely to see the light of day

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Software for growth Pakistan has attempted to address chronic macroeconomic imbalances by adjustment on the taxation side of the equation The writer is a senior political economist based in Islamabad. He can be reached at [email protected] Breaking Pakistan’s boom and bust cycle requires a software upgrade without donor assistance, not mega projects as monuments to growth. A key component in this endeavour is civil service reform. A cabinet meeting on Tuesday revealed that despite a reduced ...

Attempt to end PIMS employees’ strike fails Islamabad December 13, 2020 Islamabad : The Executive Director (ED) of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) made a failed attempt Saturday to maneuver an end to the employees’ ongoing strike against the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Ordinance by seeking intervention of the hospital’s heads of departments. The Heads of Departments (HoDs) not only sided with the protesters in rejecting the MTI Ordinance through a resolution, b...