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Sakib Sherani

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The eternal wait for Godot

The eternal wait for Godot

Pakistan’s current organising principle as a polity is incompatible with development.

16.08.2025 100

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State of the economy

Beyond the official hype, the economic reality of ordinary Pakistanis is dire.

12.06.2025 100

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March of folly

South Asia needs peace, not another doctrine that further lowers the threshold of all-out war.

24.05.2025 90

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Kicking away the ladder

The US has championed free trade and benefited immensely, but has practised it selectively.

17.04.2025 50

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From hard to harder

Instead of ‘hard state’ turning even harder, citizens deserve a state that goes soft on them in delivering democratic and development aspirations.

03.04.2025 100

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Predatory taxation

Pakistan’s tax regime is anti-growth and investment, anti-documentation and inequitable.

20.03.2025 70

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One history, two futures

HOW a country is organised as a polity casts a long shadow on its economic development. Egypt and Indonesia offer two contrasting examples from...

12.10.2024 20

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Holding the IMF to account

DESIGNED to be the international lender of last resort and help countries facing short-run balance-of-payments distress, the IMF has a rich history...

03.10.2024 10

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