Omer Javed

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Lack of details on policy and forums for its discussionDoes the print media matter much to the government or for that matter the media overall? Hardly anyone seems to pay much attention to what pe

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Since we are looking for examples to follow Pakistan has to move from efforts to obtain direct foreign assistance or foreign aid to attracting foreign capital — primarily in the form of foreign direct investment as<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/01/05/learning-from-vietnam-ii/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Demographically it’s a lot like Pakistan The PM often advises the people to become the ‘shaheen’ (or eagle) of Iqbal (the national poet), occupying the heights in turn that human beings are<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/31/learning-from-vietnam/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Course correction required from the PTIIn a recent interview of BBC’s Hard Talk, the Finance Minister (FM) was told by the anchor person that his government wanted to escape taking hard measures

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Innovative initiatives to deal with chronic issues The delivery in the development sector of Pakistan needs innovative thinking; moving to out of box ways in which it has not been approached here<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/11/pakistan-development-bank/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Monetary policy alone will not reduce inflationNow that the first hundred days of economic fire-fighting are over, it is time for PTI led government to vigorously start implementing its deeper

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Foreign aid should be employed more in avenues that enhance exports The discussion in Pakistan is mostly about ‘getting’ foreign aid, especially with regard to build up of country’s foreign exchange reserves,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/04/foreign-aid-utilisation/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Improving public servants’ learning curve The technocratic public representative will also give option to political parties to have a better pool for selecting parliamentary members for ministerial positions, especially those dealing with<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/02/public-service-reform-v/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Risks and Opportunities – II Given the likely difficulties of owners to successfully make interest payments in the overall environment of likely rising mortgage payments, and because curtailing investments in T-bills from<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/18/pm-housing-scheme-2/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Risks and opportunities – I PTI in its manifesto for the General Elections 2018, highlighted that it will take upon itself, and which it has, after coming into power to initiate the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/11/13/pm-housing-scheme/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Continued from Part-III, published on October 06, 2018 Public representatives are public servants, since they are elected by the electorate into public office to represent and take decisions that are in the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/30/public-service-reform-iv/" title="Read more" >...</a>

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Perspectives for the government IMF programmes are highly tilted towards aggregate demand management, and least focused on supply-sided impetus. Also, they ask for following a brand of economics — under the neoclassical/<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/10/27/imf-programme/" title="Read more" >...</a>