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Case of corruption and economic growth in Pakistan
Extensive reforms of electoral system, public machinery required to tackle corruption
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Strengthen regulators before reforming SOEs
PTA and SBP are examples of strong regulators that helped turn around companies
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9th NFC Award and sustainable development
Provinces lack incentives to achieve SDG targets
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Holding company for state-owned enterprises restructuring may be self-defeating approach
Accumulated debt of 200 public enterprises has now surpassed Rs1 trillion mark
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Reskilling for jobs of the future
What we need is a broad skills base by creating an agile but demand-led skills engine that can respond to any
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Sarmaya-e-Pakistan to fix the unfixable state-owned enterprises
It is, however, not clear how directors of the new holding company will be held accountable
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Bureaucracy – a hurdle to public-private partnerships
PPP model can be very effective as it provides private capital and expertise
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China’s investment should be welcomed and also worried about
It is imperative to ensure fairness and transparency in infrastructure programming
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SEZ initiative may prove to be double whammy for Pakistan’s economy
Domestic producers will become non-competitive, corporate taxes will be lost
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Reforming HEC after 18th amendment
People spout opinions and pointing accusations towards the 18th amendment of weakening the federation