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Nadeem Haque

Democracy is about limiting politics not politicizing everything

Extreme politicization of Pakistani governance system is the issue. Democracy needs to define the limits of politics. Acce that everything…

Dec 10, 2024

Dec 10, 2024

Change the Sheriff, Not the Taxes!

Let’s face it: the story of Robin Hood is timeless because it perfectly captures what happens when greedy officials and out-of-touch rulers…

Dec 8, 2024

Dec 8, 2024

The GOR Wall ruining Lahore

It is now 12 years when Shahbaz Sharif willfully closed down GOR permanently blocking 6 public roads. There was no public engagement on the…

Oct 14, 2021

The GOR Wall ruining Lahore

Oct 14, 2021

An Apology to the Youth of Pakistan from the Older Generation!

Dear Youth of Pakistan,

Apr 4, 2021

Apr 4, 2021

Reform! What,Why and For who?

Pakistan was made with a commitment to democracy and development but soon after the founding generation succumbed to greed and politically…

Sep 20, 2019

Sep 20, 2019

Political will or bad policy and reform design?

Reform remains an elusive and little understood concept in Pakistan. The word is seldom used on TV. It is used even less in the cabinet…

Aug 26, 2019

Aug 26, 2019

How do consultants, donors and Pakistani ministries solve problems?

The flood of 2010 showed me (I was Deputy Chairman of Planning then) how dysfunctional policy was in Pakistan and yet how good our…

Aug 1, 2019

Aug 1, 2019

Where are the opportunities for the poor?

PM has announced an EHSAS program for poverty alleviation — an admirable step. But more than government aid the poor need to be included…

Jul 10, 2019

Jul 10, 2019

Recipe for sustained growth of jobs in Pakistan to meet youth bulge

They ask me to give ideas for increasing employment in Pakistan. The answer they are expecting is build more industry, more industrial…

Mar 27, 2019

Mar 27, 2019

kill transactions, kill economic growth

Shopping malls are empty, consumer businesses are reporting losses in double digits, people are losing jobs while new ones are not…

Mar 20, 2019

Mar 20, 2019

Nadeem Haque

Nadeem Haque

Former Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Pakistan Ex-Vice Chancellor Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Economist with long career in IMF

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