Policy and Research

The Missing Middle

About two decades ago, I wrote an article entitled “where are the tower cranes?”Since then, the question has been asked many times. Yet there are very few tower cranes to be seen in Pakistani cities even today.In most parts of the world, development is virtually symbolized by the presence of tower cranes. Rapidly growing cities …

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Is Work Only Meetings? (Article)

Every day, newspapers show pictures of meetings. Pictures orchestrated in the ministry of information, taken in the first few minutes of the meeting, contrived to show leaders hard at work. When you call a minister, the usual response, in a somber, grave and responsible tone, is, “can’t talk right now; there is a meeting in …

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Interview with Dr. Nadeem Ul Haq

QUESTION  1: How do you define the real estate industry? Is there a difference between the construction sector and the real estate industry?Real  estate is  by definition  land that has  been developed, land  that  has created  value attached  to it.  Land  is  available all over the world but it does not automatically become ‘real estate’. …

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Internet For All

The internet has become part of everyone’s life all over the world, including Pakistan. While most of Pakistan has weak connectivity, our priority in our public investment remains building roads and brick and mortar. All this while people have limited access to devices to use the internet well. During the pandemic, PIDE as well as …

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Living off Daddy’s wealth

Lack of social mobility is very visible in Pakistan. Political power also seems to be coagulated as the chances of getting elected are tied into traditional wealth, land and family status. Power, privilege and wealth seem to remain in the family in Pakistan. A few years ago a principal of an elite school told me …

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