Dr Pervez Tahir
The writer is a political economist with a PhD from Cambridge. He served as the Chief Economist at the Planning Commission of the Government of Pakistan. He is presently a columnist at Express Tribune.
Opinion
To Fix The Economy, Pakistan Must Learn To Save And Invest
This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here. The Achilles heel of Pakistan’s economy is the failure to institute stable and sustained economic growth. There is a mad rush to growth for a...
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News
‘Anti-Army Remarks’: Sedition Case...
Despite Lahore High Court's March 30 verdict wherein it had annulled sedition law, a sedition case has been filed...
Opinion
Official Secrets Act: How...
It is strange how the past and present mimic each other. In the summer of 1909, in the midst of...
Features
Pro-Palestine DNC Delegate Assaulted...
A pro-Palestine elected member of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from Florida, Nadia Ahmad, was hit in the head...
News
Maulana Abdul Aziz Led...
Extremist cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz led Eid prayers at Lal Masjid in Islamabad as the police and the administration...
News
Racism Against Pashtun Community...
Racist remarks against the Pashtun community amid the violent clashes between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers and policemen outside PTI...
Opinion
How To Improve Pakistan’s...
In the late 1960s and the 1970s, the Green Revolution in Pakistan increased agricultural production by introducing hybrid...
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Extremism watch
Overlooking Homegrown Hate, Pakistan Hesitates to Call Islamabad Blast Anti-Shia Violence
ISLAMABAD - Just hours before a suicide bomber struck the Khadija Tul Kubra Shia...
Opinion
How Imaan-Hadi Conviction Marks the Death of Fair Trial in Pakistan
Last week, a trial court in Islamabad convicted human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir...
Commentary
PTI’s Ambiguous Rhetoric on Taliban Is Dangerous for Pakistan’s Counter-Extremism Efforts
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. Islamabad -...
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How My Daughter’s Trial Exposes Pakistan’s Assault on Human Rights
My daughter, a human rights lawyer, and her husband are currently on trial in...