Stories from Dr Pervez Tahir
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Budget: nothing to write home about
From the perspective of long term sustainable growth, Pakistan’s critical deficits lie in the social sector
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Education on the electoral radar?
The PTI has been struggling to put education and health on the political agenda, but only in opposition
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Reza Ali’s Pakistan
An economist estimated that Pakistan was 47 per cent urban in 1998, with the future projected at 70 per cent by 2030
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Economy, politics and Panama Papers
The PML-N government should have had only two priorities — countering terrorism and resolving the energy crisis
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The state’s withdrawal from public welfare
The withdrawal of the Pakistani state from public welfare has also encouraged non-state welfare, linked with terrorism
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Agricultural revival in Punjab
A beginning is in sight to address the neglect of agriculture in Punjab
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Budgeting for women
What is there for women and girls in the budget?
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Time to invest in a solar detonation
There are no affordable quick-fixes here as Pakistan’s own base of fossil fuels is limited
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Development fostering disharmony
The people of Balochistan live in fear of being outnumbered in their own land
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Punjab: inconvenient truths
Is the so-called Kissan Package working only in Sindh? Is the Khadim-e-Ala building any rural roads in Punjab?