32 Provinces? A Dangerous Distraction. Breaking Pakistan into 32 provinces is not reform — it’s impractical, disastrous, and constitutionally undoable Even the division of Punjab, on which three major political parties had agreed, the implementation has stalled due to massive

آڈیٹر جنرل کی رپورٹس اب بھی "سینکڑوں کتابوں" کی شکل میں پارلیمان بھیجی جاتی ہیں—جیسے ہم کسی لائبریری کھولنے جا رہے ہوں۔ سوال یہ ہے کہ کیا ہمارے ممبرانِ اسمبلی کے پاس اتنا وقت ہے کہ وہ یہ ڈھیر پڑھیں؟ حقیقت یہ ہے کہ دنیا بھر میں آڈٹ رپورٹس مختصر اور جامع خلاصے کی صورت میں پارلیمنٹ

Heard this plan of creating up to 12 provinces in Pakistan. I suppose having 12 chief ministers, governors, bureaucrats will solve problems that can be solved by impeachment local government system. Countries with lot of states such as Nigeria, India or the USA had this state

Did Iqbal/Jinnah ever say Pakistan was meant to replace the Ottoman Empire? 🤔 Pak was never meant to be or envisioned as an empire project. It’s time to let Pak function as a normal country, focusing on people’s welfare instead of indulging n ideological rhetoric and propaganda

#JusticeForSindhEmployees یہ احتجاج سندھ کے تقسیم شدہ نظام کو بے نقاب کر رہا ہے۔امرا کے پاس پرائیویٹ آپشن، غریب بوسیدہ سرکاری سہولیات پر منحصر۔ ملازمین کو نظر انداز کرکے، حکومت عوام کے لیے معیاری تعلیم و صحت کی آخری امید بھی ختم کر رہی ہے۔ Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Sardar Shah

Saw a patient today with HBA1C 13.7%, asked him what meds he was taking for his diabetes. He said german made homeopathic drops and karailay ka juice. Baat sirf genes aur motapay ki nahi, dimaghi masla bhi hai.

📈I’ve sat in on morning meetings at 3 brokerage houses, 1 asset management company, and 1 family office over the past 13 years. The collective ability of all investment professionals to predict what the market will do that day is close to zero. But everyone will continue to try

Pakistan’s Growth Outlook: A Prolonged Period of Stagnation The World Bank’s latest Pakistan Development Update has revised down the FY25-26 growth forecast to just 2.6%, compared to the government’s more optimistic projection of around 4%. This comes after three years of

We built AI for efficiency. We forgot to build society for the aftermath.

Well said. Profit in a govt monopoly often hides inefficiency. W/o competition & incentives, public enterprises underperform. Transparent privatisation can unleash real value through better efficiency, innovation, & investment. The govt should regulate markets, not run businesses

Creating new provinces is neither financially viable nor politically practical. Pak’s problems will not be solved by creating more provinces, but by increasing productivity, avoiding looking at every issue only through a militaristic lens & staying away from unnecessary conflicts

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Yearly returns in Pakistan for 2025: Gold: ~73% Stocks (PSX): ~48% Fixed Income / Money Market funds: ~11–14% Islamic bank savings account: ~9–12% Bank savings account: ~9% Dollar $$: ~1–4% 2025 was dominated by gold & equities, with gold emerging as the clear winner! #finance

ریاستیں سرحدیں کھینچنے سے نہیں بنتیں، معیشتیں کھڑی کرنے سے بنتی ہیں۔ پاکستان کا مسئلہ انتظامی نہیں، فکری اور معاشی ہے! 🙏 🇵🇰

On Faiz’s birthday, wondering how he could cradle the beloved in one line and, in the next, call out this capitalist, broken world! keeping romance & revolution side by side, as if they were always meant to walk together. تیرے قول و قرار سے پہلے اپنے کچھ اور بھی سہارے تھے #Faiz

Pakistan imports 100% of its LNG from Qatar & UAE — both now locked behind a de facto closed Strait of Hormuz. Per Pakistani officials, three PNSC vessels (MT Karachi, Lahore, Khairpur) are stranded or diverted. Every $10 oil spike = $2B wider current account deficit. If this

A brutal cultural appropriation by western brands.

The 2027 Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society will be held in Lahore, Pakistan from January 14-16 Please mark your calendars and spread the word - more details, including call for papers coming soon