Britain’s liberal establishment Criticising liberal cultural values as ‘woke’ whilst divorcing them from the economic consequences of neoliberalism offers no Updated 16 Sep, 2026 03:06pm
Unpacking Pakistan Studies Pakistan Studies remains constrained as a field by the broader discipline of South Asian Studies. Published 09 Aug, 2025 06:19am
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
