Hasaan Khawar

Public policy expert warns that as the government’s COVID-19 stimulus packages to the consumer and industry stoke inflationary pressures, it needs to take tough decisions to continue with structural reforms to avoid the ever-cyclical growth trap for Pakistan’s economy.

International development consultant and policy advisor argues for Pakistan to achieve an economic turnaround, its narrow export basket needs to be diversified with high-value and tech-savvy products. Governmental support needs to go against popular notions of leveling the playing field, and instead only give incentives to winners. Yes, it should be preferring sectors driven by innovation and differentiation!

The recent spell of torrential rains literally drowned the city of Karachi for a few days, leaving the helpless masses at the mercy of the vagaries of the weather, with the state nowhere to be found. Businesses and individuals suffered losses worth billions of rupees.

Many news stories on the recently announced civil service reforms package created a lot of confusion. Besides the lack of clarity on what these...

A public policy expert analyses how Pakistan is fast developing its tourism potential through a cock tail of policies, enactments of laws, administrative steps and media management. He analyses how KP has led the way through KP Tourism Act-2019 and creation of KP Culture and Tourism Authority.

PTI completed its first 100-days with plenty of fanfare and a grand launch event, where the Prime Minister and his cabinet members claimed that...