Stories from Syed Mohammad Ali
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Regularising the informal sector
Informal sector undoubtedly plays a significant role in our economy
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Middle class Pakistan
Middle-class growth is rightly said to provide the socio-economic backbone of any country
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Britain’s historical amnesia
Much of the local elite in former colonies got their riches and honours by providing services to the Empire
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Urgent task for our man in Washington
Our new ambassador has described Pakistan’s potential strategic role as serving as “a bridge” between the US and China
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3.6 billion versus eight
Oxfam estimates that real incomes of the world’s very poorest have gone up by merely $3 a year over the last 25 years
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A win for hard power rather than soft
The implications of the proposed US aid cuts on developing countries would indeed be severe
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Our problematic gender gap situation and ranking
Pakistan is most probably the worst performing state in South Asia in terms of gender gaps
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Revised US travel ban
The revised executive order aims to protect the US by keeping out people who could pose a terrorist threat
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Pot calling the kettle black over the refugee issue
Besides recent generosity shown by Germany, all other European countries have been very stingy with accepting refugees
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Great news for US oil companies and the elite in poor countries
The US administration will probably have to provide some form of a transparency rule for extractive industries









