A low value-added export trap
Published in The Express Tribune, June 22nd, 2019. While there has been much debate about the strengths and weaknesses of Pakistan’s economy, the one thing that no observer of the economy can deny is its predictability. A balance-of-payments crisis forced the government to enter into an IMF stabilisation package a […]
A turning point
Published in Dawn, September 8th, 2019. ECONOMIC history is a fascinating subject, and at its exciting best when one tries to explain to graduate students why Britain was the first country to have undergone the Industrial Revolution, or why Japan was the first non-Western country to do so — or[…]
Canals, colonies and class: British policy in the Punjab 1880-1940
Book Launch ceremony of Dr Fareeha Zafar, Professor at the Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDs) was held at LSE, city campus on 24th May, 2017. The main speakers at the event were Professor Dr Naved Hamid, Professor Pervaiz Vandal, Dr Faisal Bari and Dr Rashid Amjad. The book Canals,[…]
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SepThe Pakistani Diaspora: Corridors of Opportunity and Uncertainty
Friday, 8th December 2017, Center on International Migration, Remittances, and Diaspora (CIMRAD) organized a Book launch ‘The Pakistani Diaspora: Corridors of Opportunity and Uncertainty’ at the Lahore School of Economics. Rector LSE Dr Shahid Amjad Chaudhry, Professor of Economics and Director CIMRAD Dr Rashid Amjad, Professor Dr Nasra Shah from[…]
