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Ehsan Malik

Ehsan Malik

The Express Tribune

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Rethinking the auto policy

Can Pakistan’s auto industry build capabilities that can compete in regional and global value chains?

02.08.2026 70

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Ehsan Malik

Investment promotion

The BOI-SIFC merger should be viewed not as an administrative exercise, but as a chance to undertake deeper reforms.

22.07.2026 100

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Ehsan Malik

Sequencing skills and degrees

Educational institutions, vocational programmes and public spending should be judged by their contribution to employment, productivity growth and...

24.06.2026 100

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Ehsan Malik

Beyond budget arithmetic

Pakistan has absorbed much of the fiscal cost of devolution without fully realising its potential efficiency gains.

05.06.2026 80

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Ehsan Malik

A new fiscal compact

It is increasingly about how all parts of the state can share responsibility for reviving industry, employment and economic growth.

16.05.2026 90

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Ehsan Malik

Oil shock

A series of crises have left us with limited policy space.

10.03.2026 90

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Ehsan Malik

Growth prescription

The hard reality is that Pakistan cannot simply spend, borrow, or subsidise its way to growth.

04.02.2026 60

Dawn

Ehsan Malik

Quality growth

The debate is about escaping the habits that made IMF inevitable.

20.01.2026 100

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Ehsan Malik

Biggest conglomerate

Competition is constrained by design, not accident.

13.01.2026 70

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Ehsan Malik

Quick fixes

Firms must become externally focused, productivity-driven, and globally competitive.

24.12.2025 70

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Ehsan Malik

Policy responses

Reform must also target structural bottlenecks.

22.11.2025 100

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Ehsan Malik

FDI challenges

MNC exits have cast a shadow over the investment landscape.

09.10.2025 100

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Ehsan Malik

Debate on trade policy

A neglected aspect of the debate is the principle of comparative advantage.

22.09.2025 90

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Ehsan Malik

Unlocking growth

Pakistan must remove barriers built into its economic systems.

08.08.2025 100

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Ehsan Malik