Adil Najam Two news items from this week give me cause to worry about economic governance Pakistan. They suggest that the independence of economic governance–which some consider to be the most important contribution of the current government–might either be illusory, or is diminishing. Both stories are about the removal–reportedly for political reasons–of two key economic […]
Adil Najam This wonderful picture was published in the Daily Times (16 June, 2006) with the headline ‘Need for Speed’ and a caption that read “An employee of a filling station fills petrol in a bicycle that the owner has made a moped out of by putting an engine in it.” To me, this is […]
Adil Najam I have no idea what to make of this one, so let me just quote from a news-item titled “Habib Bank revises dress code notification at one branch” in The Daily Times (20 June, 2006). According to the report, Habib Bank Limited (HBL) sent a notification to all its Branches declaring a Western […]
