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Zafar Hasan

The Express Tribune

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Signed, sealed, shelved: why policies rarely benefit public

Public policy is the government's deliberate course of action for solving a public problem. It identifies the objective, assigns responsibility,...

28.07.2026 30

The Express Tribune

Zafar Hasan

Pakistan's public investment needs a new compass

Pakistan's public investment architecture has long conflated two distinct ideas: economic growth and human development. Growth measures how fast...

07.07.2026 40

The Express Tribune

Zafar Hasan

Diminishing returns of the federal development budget

There is a number buried in the technical annexures of every PSDP document, waiting for someone to do the arithmetic. Yet, despite its significance,...

09.06.2026 50

The Express Tribune

Zafar hasan