Many observers view Pakistan as a test case for China’s assertive overseas expansion plans. But sometimes, it is Chinese players who have had to adapt to Islamabad’s realities.
Reviving the economy
By Farhan Bokhari
ISLAMABAD: Finance minister Shaukat Tarin’s promise to reverse Pakistan’s sluggish economic growth marks a timely departure from an ill-advised officially-accepted slowdown of recent years.
Mr Tarin’s promise though welcomed by many stakeholders, nevertheless needs a redefinition of Pakistan’s economic direction, both in policy terms and backed by long overdue reforms of key institutions. Historically, periods of a relative lift in Pakistan’s economic growth have not been sustainable.
Exactly what were the missing elements that drove Pakistan through its boom and bust cycles remains an unresolved riddle? Was it the inflow of generous foreign assistance that helped raise the numbers till the patronage dried up? Was it divine help that raised the output of vital crops and had a salutary but temporary impact on the overall economy? Or was it simply a mix of unforeseen factors like a lift in private foreign inflows coupled with elemen
‘Reviving the economy’
By Farhan Bokhari
ISLAMABAD: Finance minister Shaukat Tarin’s promise to reverse Pakistan’s sluggish economic growth marks a timely departure from an ill-advised officially-accepted slowdown of recent years.
Mr Tarin’s promise though welcomed by many stakeholders, nevertheless needs a redefinition of Pakistan’s economic direction, both in policy terms and backed by long overdue reforms of key institutions. Historically, periods of a relative lift in Pakistan’s economic growth have not been sustainable. Exactly what were the missing elements that drove Pakistan through its boom and bust cycles remains an unresolved riddle? Was it the inflow of generous foreign assistance that helped raise the numbers till the patronage dried up? Was it divine help that raised the output of vital crops and had a salutary but temporary impact on the overall economy? Or was it simply a mix of unforeseen factors like a lift in private foreign inflows coupled with e
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Imran, Zardari, Taseer through an FT editorâs eyes
Lionel Barberâs book gives snippets of meetings with Pakistani leaders SAMAA | Web desk - Posted: Apr 2, 2021 | Last Updated: 5 days ago SAMAA | Web desk Posted: Apr 2, 2021 | Last Updated: 5 days ago
The photo was taken by Alixandra Fazzina of Noor Images and was used by FT for the Lionel Barber story on cricket with Imran Khan published Nov 6, 2010.
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In October 2010, Financial Times editor Lionel Barber made a trip to Pakistan where he met Imran Khan, Asif Ali Zardari and Salmaan Taseer. The vignettes of his encounters surface for three pages in his recently published book The Powerful and the Damned: Private Diaries in Turbulent Times. Barber and his wife Victoria first went to India and then via Wagah arrived in Lahore, which he describes as âone of the power centres of the Raj and an ancient city of learningâ. While this characterisation of the city is not inaccurate