Omer Javed

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The country needs to go beyond the Washington Consensus Exports have risen negligibly during the tenure of the PTI government. Given that the country inherited a huge current account

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When Dr Sheikh was last in charge The PM has recently made changes to the Federal Cabinet. Reportedly he also intends to induce changes in the Punjab provincial cabinet. Indeed, all i

A wrong policy responsePakistan saw one of the most aggressive monetary tightening in Asia since the start of 2018, yet inflation could not be reined in. But with inflation consistently risin

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Petrol prices are directly correlated to inflation Pakistan saw the highest rise in policy rate in 2018 in Asia; yet inflation has not been dented. While, in order to rein in aggregate de

The PM recently launched a poverty alleviation plan, through steps taken that show compassion (or ehsas) to the poor, through provision of micro-level interventions by the state and private-sector ent

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The evidence does not support policy prescriptionsMainstream economics has since long– both in academic tradition and as a source of policy formulation– tried to identify inequality as a natur

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A price commission is needed from the governmentFinance Minister Asad Umar recently indicated that inflation and fiscal deficit were among the main economic issues being faced by the country. In t

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Can it be formulated in naya Pakistan?To start off, I wish to correct a mistake in part – I of this article, whereby John Kenneth Galbraith served in the Office of Price Administration and Civil

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Need of the hourThe early version of Neoliberalism, ever since the rise of neoclassical economics, has continued in an augmented sense of Washington Consensus of the late twentieth century, throug

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A little clarity, please!A recent speech of PM Imran Khan at the World Government Summit highlights some important aspects of his thought process with regards to the economy. It is important that

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Time is not on your sideIn a few more days, the PTI led government will be approaching its half-yearly anniversary in government, yet the performance at hand has not seen progress, identical with

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Government’s highest priority?In last week’s article, lack of government’s presentation of policy at the federal and provincial levels, would have rightly left the readers -- just like t