Stories from Dr Pervez Tahir
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Why do politicians hate local government?
Challenge contesting at local levels poses is emergence of new grassroots leadership.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn at Cambridge
Cambridge Women’s Campaign spearheaded a protest against former IMF chief, invited to speak on financial crisis.
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Pork-barrel politics
While funds allocated to legislators are part of development budget, no PC-I is prepared for schemes they identified.
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Powers rising
India is considered as the economic good guy, China the bad guy which buys US treasuries than make direct investments.
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An economics debate in America
Keynes vs Hayek: An ideological battle rages in the run-up to US presidential elections to prove each other wrong.
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Economic consequences of the 20th Amendment
It ensures that overzealous reformers will not waste time and energy on transforming economic governance in 90 days.
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The most taxed product
In Pakistan, the heavy dependence on petroleum taxes is mainly due to the failure to raise direct taxes.
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The BISP and the coming election
BISP does not offer any makan, but recipients get monthly income supplement, enough for 2-3 weeks of roti, some kapra.
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Wooing the rural vote
Imran Khan declares that his tsunami would be more rural than urban. This is what it must be if he is to succeed.
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Less for the poor in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
While attacks by militants adversely affect business climate, natural disasters have taken a big toll.