S. Akbar Zaidi

The economy will continue facing multiple crises unless reforms which redistribute resources and relocate priorities are made. Updated 16 Jun, 2022 11:46am

A budget is merely an accounting exercise, where a government lays out its expected income/revenue and expenditure... Published 13 Jun, 2022 07:56am

The government needs a clear plan of what it hopes to achieve. Updated 12 May, 2022 08:38am

Pakistan’s economic policy has been dependent on a short-sighted operation. Published 11 Apr, 2022 06:42am

First wreck the economy, then its people... Published 11 Feb, 2020 07:07am

This financial year will be the worst in over a decade in terms of how it affects the working people of Pakistan. Updated 14 Jul, 2019 07:16am

Rest assured, Pakistan’s economy is going to be severely constrained over the next few years. Updated 18 May, 2019 07:30am

The rupee is losing value every other day, adding to inflation, and will depreciate a great deal more. Updated 08 Apr, 2019 10:05am

The hallmark of PTI’s economic plan in the last five months has been continued uncertainty and ambiguity. Updated 31 Dec, 2018 08:03am

A new order of accommodation and compromise is replacing free speech and dissent. Published 01 Dec, 2018 06:55am

The expected tough conditionality will have a serious impact on the PTI’s populist promises. Updated 10 Nov, 2018 10:22am

Local, real-life issues seem to trump broader issues, supposedly related to principles or ideology. Published 23 Jul, 2018 07:09am

Many elected and civilian groups have continued to raise their voice in a public space which is heavily manipulated. Updated 25 Jun, 2018 01:39pm

Pakistani nationalism needs to be interrogated through its multiple variants to understand what it is. Updated 07 May, 2018 09:09am

The list in this article is just a powerful indication of the breadth, scope and depth of the scholarship of Pakistani Published 22 Jan, 2018 06:58am

Imran Khan has given the liberals hope and much-needed reaffirmation. Updated 12 Dec, 2017 12:22pm

It is clear that the classification used in our census for ‘rural’ is wrong. Published 29 Aug, 2017 07:17am

We can even sometimes have a civilian opinion on a pressing issue. Published 12 Jul, 2017 07:25am

What looks like poverty is actually inequality. Updated 01 Oct, 2018 01:20pm

New research on the Muhammad Bin Qasim narrative reveals the misassumptions with which generations have been raised Published 15 Jan, 2017 08:22am