Rising oil prices due to political tensions can have devastating effect on growth prospects

Smartest way to reduce economic vulnerability is to displace $15-16b of annual energy imports

With economy inclined towards imports, it will not be able to gain investor confidence

Perpetual decline seriously hurting purchasing power of masses, party’s vote bank

Local expertise is not being utilised while LNG imports are eating into forex reserves

Priorities need to be shifted away from election, towards catching up with peers

Country must not be promoted as investment hub based on miseries of lowly paid labour

Pakistan should adopt Chinese 5-year plan that seeks dominance in robotics, telecom, aerospace

Young people better off doing freelance online work than getting private sector job