Nadir Cheema

Social sciences publishing

Anthropologists are grappling with social changes in contemporary Pakistan, such as shifting class structures and religiosity. Updated 04 Jan, 2025 08:38am

Oxford chancellor election

Oxford rules say the chancellor "cannot be a serving member of, or a declared candidate for election to, an elected legislature". Updated 06 Sep, 2024 09:12am

Economic liberalism

In the midst of debates on state intervention versus free market policies, The Economist has published a special report ‘The Homeland Economics’. Updated 02 Dec, 2023 04:40pm

Dilemma for liberal and left

Pakistan’s liberal-left civil society has much to reflect on. Updated 02 Sep, 2023 08:14am

The case for sovereign default

The biggest impediment to sovereign debt restructurings is not economic but political. Updated 02 Feb, 2023 09:32am

State Bank independence

Some basic questions necessary for an informed discourse remain unanswered. Updated 26 Apr, 2021 11:58am

Sovereign debt

The report has some revealing statistics on Pakistan’s public finances. Updated 20 Feb, 2020 11:54am

IMF negotiations

The strategy outlined here has the potential to deliver medium-term breathing space for the government. Updated 02 May, 2019 01:50pm

Inflation in Pakistan: multiple causes

Although inflation has picked up in the past few months, its level is still low by recent historical standards. Updated 11 Mar, 2019 10:59am

Currency management

Pakistan’s opinion-makers are major beneficiaries of an artificially low rupee-dollar rate. Published 14 Jan, 2019 07:19am

Pakistan’s current account in a cross-country perspective

The idea is to better understand the structural roots of Pakistan’s current account malaise. Updated 12 Dec, 2018 02:17pm

IMF conditionality

The current account deficit and fiscal deficit are bound together. Published 14 Nov, 2018 06:03am

Approaching the IMF

A debt re-profiling could kill four birds with one stone. Updated 08 Sep, 2018 02:53pm

Inefficiencies in basmati trade

There is a strong case for the crop to be protected and its exports to be developed. Published 07 Dec, 2015 06:56am