BY BILAL ILAHI
Some of the contents of the approach paper for Pakistan’s tenth 5-year plan were recently published by a Lahore based newspaper. The approach paper recognises the key role of “knowledge” in economic growth and prosperity of Pakistan and will help set the direction for the country’s Planning Commission. It emphasises on building a “knowledge economy” by investing in education, vocational, technical and scientific training.
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By Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank finds corruption a serious and growing obstacle to the investment climate in Pakistan besides expressing dissatisfaction over the issue of governance in the country.
In its 128-page draft report on Pakistan’s Investment Climate dated March 16, 2009, the WB said that corruption is largely associated with business-government interface and reveals that the menace is more widespread here as compared to other countries though the bribe rates here are lower. Referring to a survey conducted for the formulation of the draft report, the Bank says that results show that perceptions about corruption in Pakistan are based on actual experiences with paying bribes by the investing firms. It reveals that the firms making investment in Pakistan have to pay bribes even to get water, telephone and electricity connections. Continue reading »
The prime minister has announced that the local government elections have been postponed indefinitely because of the security situation. Not content with using the security situation as the excuse to deprive citizens of their rightful public spaces, the government has employed it to adjourn, sine die, the democratic process.
It is ironic that a democratically elected government has chosen to postpone an election. Is democracy no longer The Best Revenge? Continue reading »
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