Stories from Dr Pervez Tahir
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Why the macro-economic fetish?
Lack of interaction between technical and policy sectors results in a macroeconomic fetishism.
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Balochistan’s Berlin Wall
The Baloch don’t want anything from ‘us’. They just want control over whatever is left of their own resources.
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Facts and figures
General Statistics (Reorganisation) Act 2011, this single act contradicts the claims of ensuring autonomy of PBS.
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At odds with common perception
It is evident that factors that led SBP to project lower growth rates in 2010, not only persist but have worsened.
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Bangladesh days
Early on economists articulated economic planning could not proceed on the assumption that Pakistan was one economy.
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Withstanding the pressure economically
A slowing world demand & domestic economic difficulties are impacting exports, while import bill continues to rise.
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Social Sciences: hard or soft science
HEC's first chairman, a scientist, did not think much of social science, current chairman believes its a soft science.
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No respite for the ‘bloody civilian’
Defence ministry formed inquiry court into corrupt ex-generals after months & will be investigated by their own.
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Not quite a quiet revolution
Pointing out low quality pre-university education, got lecture on HEC quality improvement cells, a bureaucratic reply.
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The road to growth
Musharraf’s creative national accountants messed up data to such an extent that now they themselves cannot read it.