Without defending the state, development and democracy would be just a cry in the wilderness.

The question of equity has entered centre stage in designing development policy.

The government must now stand and deliver on the economic front.

In designing the budget, due consideration should be given to the existing precarious balance of payments situation.

Swift initiatives in foreign policy, financial management and power sector governance are required.

The 60 per cent voter turnout signifies that the people of Pakistan have given legitimacy to a democratic state.

Policy formulation, regulation and the running of public enterprises should be separated.

In face of human degradation, art can come to fore & through aesthetic dimension, we can relive value of being human.

Reforms should bring the middle classes and the poor into the process of investment and high wage employment.

It is clear that the power crisis is due primarily to a failure of public policy.