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The reset state

The reset state

A country can change its government without changing the way it is governed. It can rewrite laws, create committees, launch programs and announce...

05.10.2026 20

Pakistan Today Profit

Muhammad Azfar Ahsan

Forging the economic engine

Forging the economic engine

Pakistan does not lack potential. It lacks an economic engine capable of converting that potential into sustained national strength. We have the raw...

01.10.2026 10

Pakistan Today Profit

Muhammad Azfar Ahsan

The State must deliver

The State must deliver

A state does not earn legitimacy because it exists. It earns legitimacy when citizens can feel that it works. For the ordinary citizen, the state is...

01.10.2026 10

Pakistan Today Profit

Muhammad Azfar Ahsan

The next move

The next move

For years, Pakistan has become remarkably good at answering the wrong question: how do we get through the next crisis? The more important question has...

01.10.2026 10

Pakistan Today Profit

Muhammad Azfar Ahsan

Competitive Pakistan

Competitive Pakistan

For decades, Pakistan has treated economic survival as though it were economic progress. We stabilize the currency, negotiate the next financing...

01.10.2026 10

Pakistan Today Profit

Muhammad Azfar Ahsan

Crisis across corridors: Where Pakistan stands

Crisis across corridors: Where Pakistan stands https://arab.news/jup46 What is unfolding today between the United States and Iran is no longer just a...

12.05.2026 250

Arab News Pakistan

Muhammad Azfar Ahsan

Pakistan’s diplomatic inflection point is now

Pakistan’s diplomatic inflection point is now https://arab.news/278wj At a time of deep geopolitical fragmentation, the initiation of structured...

14.04.2026 100

Arab News Pakistan

Muhammad Azfar Ahsan

The Saudi Al-Jomaih case is Pakistan’s FDI moment of truth

26.07.2025 40

Arab News Pakistan

Muhammad Azfar Ahsan

FDI fatigue: the exit behind the entry

FDI (foreign direct investment) inflows are up, but so is the number of investors heading for the exits. This alarming paradox reflects a crisis not...

26.07.2025 80

Business Recorder

Muhammad Azfar Ahsan

FDI Fatigue: The Exit Behind The Entry

24.07.2025 50

The Friday Times

Muhammad Azfar Ahsan

Pakistan Sees FDI Rise, But Investor Exodus Signals Deepening Trust Crisis

24.07.2025 40

The Friday Times

Muhammad Azfar Ahsan