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Industrial policy with teeth

For thirty years, Pakistan's automobile industry has enjoyed among the highest tariff walls in the region. In return, it has given us expensive...

18.06.2026 100

The Express Tribune

Nadeem Javaid

Pakistan's economic paradox

Capitalist in design. Patronage in politics. Selective in morality. This is the paradox at the heart of Pakistan's economy. At the macro level,...

17.03.2026 70

The Express Tribune

Nadeem Javaid

OPINION: Who can break inertia?

Pakistan doesn’t suffer from a shortage of ideas — it suffers from a shortage of ownership. We diagnose brilliantly and delay endlessly. Policies...

29.11.2025 40

Business Recorder

Nadeem Javaid

Breaking free from inertia

Pakistan once stood at the edge of promise - a young nation alive with ambition, industry, and the dream of joining Asia's rising tigers. But...

21.10.2025 50

The Express Tribune

Nadeem Javaid

An uninterrupted journey

03.09.2025 50

The News International

Nadeem Javaid

Dreaming beyond survival

As Pakistan marked another 14 August — the day we claimed our place on the map of nations — we were once again called to define our future. For...

20.08.2025 50

Business Recorder

Nadeem Javaid

Beyond survival

19.08.2025 30

The News International

Nadeem Javaid