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The economic benefits of more women in the workforce
An addition of 25 million women to the labour force will have the capacity of adding $85 billion to Pakistan's GDP.
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Women to Pakistan’s rescue
Once women achieve their full potential, they will be able to lend a helping hand to rescue Pakistan economically.
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The Afghan factor in Pakistan’s future
Possible division of Afghanistan will have serious economic, political consequences for Pakistan and its people.
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Embrace, not reject the United States
Pakistan will need the US more than the US will need Pakistan.
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Taking power to the people
The adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment was a revolutionary step.
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Dispersal and coherence: a challenge
It will be worth exploring how Pakistan developed a taste for centralised authority in the first place.
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Demography and politics
Given possible size of towns, city populations in 2012, urban areas should have much larger representation assemblies.
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Who will own the system?
India is a more diverse country than Pakistan and yet, it has developed a consensus on how it should be governed.
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Pakistan’s lessons from India
Excessive intervention by the state results in the economy growing at a rate much lower than its potential.
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Know thy neighbour
India and Pakistan need to understand how policymaking process works across the border.