Say No To Loans
March 29, 2019
A starving family writes to a bank Dear Bank Manager, Many thanks for the 5.3 billion dollar loan. One small step for a bank, a […]
March 29, 2019
Conference Beggars Governance , or lack of it is often a major space filler in conversations across Pakistani drawing rooms. It was therefore interesting to hear […]
March 29, 2019
Deweaponise the Parliament Naeem Sadiq & Nazim F Haji Bleeding from a thousand small wounds, the state in Pakistan appears to be receding, relinquishing and disappearing […]
March 29, 2019
Our dependency syndrome In 2016, a Chinese company was awarded a contract for garbage collection in the districts South and East of Karachi at the […]
March 29, 2019
Loans make beggars “bus ke leta hun har mahiney qaraz, or rehti hey sood ki takrar Meri tankha men ik tihai ka ho gia […]
March 29, 2019
Modern Slavery “Rags make paper, paper makes money, money makes banks, banks make loans, loans make beggars, beggars make rags.” ~ Anon. Psychologist Martin Seligman’s theory […]
March 29, 2019
$350 million ‘Access to Justice’ Loan The compulsive obsession for beggary has taught us many smart tricks. We now have the skills to invent such appealing […]
March 29, 2019
The loan lie linkage By now the loan lie linkage is a familiar pattern. You tell lies to take loans. You take loans and […]
March 29, 2019
The right to refuse Begging, as a profession could well compete with many others considered oldest on the list, with very similar characteristics. The first […]
March 29, 2019
Will we refuse to elect the ‘loan takers’ in 2007 “The progress here has been superficial … absolute poverty and absolute wealth in Pakistan … […]
March 29, 2019
Will some one please write off my loans? I have suffered from severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, since my application for writing off […]
June 24, 2019
The Ecuadorian remedy AMONG other recommendations, an earlier article (‘Stabilising external finances’, Dawn,) had suggested that: “the government should establish a high-level Debt Audit Committee, following Ecuador’s […]
February 26, 2020
IT has been a tumultuous month at the World Bank. The bank’s armies of analysts and economists routinely produce research on topics ranging from best practices […]
August 1, 2020
A ‘Thank You’ letter. Dear Bill and Melinda, Thank you for your philanthropic support to many global causes and events. I did not realize the […]
August 26, 2020
Lessons from Turkey Past glory can be a great opiate. Loved by Pakistanis, many otherwise excellent Turkish TV serials provide a fair amount of this substance. […]
April 8, 2021
Uplifting the poor naeem sadiq It is noble and inspiring for Pakistan to speak of the ideals of the state of Medina and to champion the […]
July 29, 2021
Dear Chairman FBR, You are the head of perhaps the only tax collection organisation in the world, whose principal aims appear to be the following: To […]
October 3, 2021
How not to collect tax By its inability to collect taxes, FBR single-handedly acts as the biggest roadblock to Pakistan’s progress. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2323007/how-not-to-collect-tax Any country where less […]