Hassan Yousaf Shah

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.

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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

May 9, 2020
The Israel nexusColumns

The 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 “

Mar 15, 2019
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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>

Oct 8, 2017
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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

Oct 23, 2015
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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>

Jun 7, 2014