
Hassan Yousaf Shah
The writer is an independent professional who has worked for different multinational and multilateral organisations including the Asian Development Bank. He has been contributing on economics, finance, and regional foreign policy since 1997 for different newspapers. You can follow him on twitter @ hyshah1.
Published Work(10 articles)

Possible outcome of current crisis in parliament
Covid-19 and force majeure
Consequences of cancelling international oil contractsOnly few months ago, it was inconceivable that international trade agreements might be cancelled under force majeure, economies like stock
UNSC on Kashmir: Possible outcome and Pakistan’s contingency strategy?
Playing out a zero-sum game The UNSC meeting on Kashmir is governed under by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) provisional rules (United Nations Charter Article 30) which all
Legal flaws in the abrogation of Article 370
A number of grounds exist to mount a legal challenge The amendment in Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and passing of the JAMMU AND KASHMIR Reorganisation 2019 Act has been cond
ColumnsThe Israel nexus
Israel is just part of a much wider gameIt’s a complicated multidimensional situation facing Pakistan with multiple possibilities, of which very few lead Pakistan out of the mess. So what is “
Justice Baqir Najfi Report — fatally conclusive?
To be or not to be?The commission in normal circumstances is bound to be appointed by the government and the terms or questions set in too are also to be set by the government The
Justice Baqir Najfi report and the legal “impact” of inquiry commissions
What is the myth about? What is fallible, what is not? It was a delayed decision but how long can you hold back the commission report?The report on the commission formed under<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/08/justice-baqir-najfi-report-and-the-legal-impact-of-inquiry-commissions/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Greece debt crisis – lessons for Pakistan
Can we afford a similar fate? The crisis is known to take turns from a localised issue to a regional economic fiasco and it is far from being settled. The Greece crisis has rocked the economi
Wheat crisis in the making
Struggling between policy, corruption and economics When the Punjab government announced its wheat policy last year and fixed the support price at Rs1200 per maund, it had certain objectives and policies<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2014/06/07/wheat-crisis-in-making/" title="Read more" >...</a>

