Rashid Ahmed Mughal

Escaping the poverty trap together

EVERY year, on October 17th, the world comes together to observe the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This day sheds light on the…

Capitalism and inherent flaws

CAPITALISM, as a financial and economic system, has become successful after 1930’s. Its success was further re-enforced after the failure of Communist and Socialist models,…

Moral degradation, battle between conviction & conscience

DURING the last thirty/forty years we have seen visible decline in three most important characteristics of human behaviour. Unfortunately, this decline is more visible, noticeable…

Foreign policy and economic policy debacles

PAKISTAN came into being in 1947- two years after the Second World War ended in 1945, when the world was still reeling after the devastating…

Trump in White House again

SO, Trump has returned to the White House, as many anticipated. The pre-election polls and public sentiment had largely indicated this outcome. In fact the…

Democracy derailed globally

DEMOCRACY is going through a difficult time. Where autocrats have been driven out of office, their opponents have mostly failed to create viable democratic regimes.…

Unity in jeopardy

WHAT we are witnessing today is the biggest challenge we ever faced in our history since independence in 1947. In fact the challenge is not…

Is Pakistan in doll drums?

EVERY time I venture to write about my beautiful country, I become sad and depressed because there is hardly any reason to be happy and…

Negative impact of social media

ARISTOTLE the famous Greek thinker and philosopher once said that the most hated person on earth is the one who speaks the truth. This was…

OECD outlook for global economy

The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is a forum for 37 democracies to collaborate on policy standards to promote sustainable economic growth. The…

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