SDPI Articles

2013
Trade for peace in South Asia
  By: Raja Taimur Hassan
  Monday, 25th Mar 2013
 
Can private sector mitigate conflicts?
  By: Dr Vaqar Ahmed and Safwan A. Khan
  Sunday, 24th Mar 2013
 
If a Shia, you are on your own
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 27th Feb 2013
 
Poverty – a contradiction of record and reality
  By: Junaid Zahid
  Monday, 25th Feb 2013
 
Bringing in the army is no solution
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 20th Feb 2013
 
Feminisation of Poverty
  By: Tahira Abdullah
  Sunday, 17th Feb 2013
 
Rethinking the economy
  By: Raja Taimur Hassan
  Monday, 11th Feb 2013
 
Kargil redux
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 6th Feb 2013
 
Trading on opportunities
  By: Pradeep S Mehta and Abid Suleri
  Sunday, 3rd Feb 2013
 
Wars and trade
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 30th Jan 2013
 
Eying a services-leg growth in South Asia
  By: Saad Rajput,Vaqar Ahmed
  Monday, 28th Jan 2013
 
A governance Crisis
  By: Dr Abid Suleri
  Monday, 28th Jan 2013
 
Tourism lagging behind as potential remains untapped
  By: Raja Taimur Hassan
  Monday, 28th Jan 2013
 
Engagement, not appeasement
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 23rd Jan 2013
 
Normative and technical
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Sunday, 20th Jan 2013
 
Pakistani media scene
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Thursday, 17th Jan 2013
 
Notes from the log
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 16th Jan 2013
 
Expanding the economy Love thy neighbour…. And her markets
  By: Saad Rajput
  Monday, 14th Jan 2013
 
Karachi — welcome to Hell ....
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 9th Jan 2013
 
Cut the lying about the TTP
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 2nd Jan 2013
 

2012
 
Second coming or a damp squib?
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 26th Dec 2012
 
1971 — a tragedy
  By: Altaf Hussain Asad
  Sunday, 16th Dec 2012
 
Oil impurities & the energy crisis
  By: Arshad H Abbasi
  Tuesday, 11th Dec 2012
 
Petty move to undermine the HEC
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Thursday, 6th Dec 2012
 
Asian of the Year 2012 - Honourable Mention
  By: Siti Rohani
  Tuesday, 27th Nov 2012
 
Stark realities
  By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
  Sunday, 25th Nov 2012
 
Disabled does not mean 'unable to'
  By: Raja Taimur Hassan
  Monday, 19th Nov 2012
 
The Motorway and the Dark Ages
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Tuesday, 13th Nov 2012
 
Elites, paradox, and rules of the game
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 7th Nov 2012
 
'Gentle' reminder
  By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
  Sunday, 4th Nov 2012
 
Revolutionary bohemian
  By: Sarwat Ali
  Sunday, 4th Nov 2012
 
Pakistan needs energy revolution!
  By: Anusha Sheraz
  Tuesday, 30th Oct 2012
 
The Pervez Hoodbhoy-LUMS dispute
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Tuesday, 30th Oct 2012
 
More of the same
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Thursday, 25th Oct 2012
 
Food for thought
  By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
  Sunday, 21st Oct 2012
 
US, us and Afghanistan
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Tuesday, 16th Oct 2012
 
Save water to save Pakistan
  By: Raja Taimur Hassan
  Monday, 15th Oct 2012
 
Some more on drones ...
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Thursday, 11th Oct 2012
 
Beyond the boundary walls
  By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
  Sunday, 7th Oct 2012
 
Drone on ...
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Tuesday, 2nd Oct 2012
 
You can't grow 'em
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Thursday, 27th Sep 2012
 
Power projections
  By: Shahzada Irfan Ahmed
  Sunday, 16th Sep 2012
 
Food security and the state
  By: Kamila Hyat
  Thursday, 13th Sep 2012
 
South Asia Economic Summit: more is better for survival!
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 12th Sep 2012
 
Missing the point
  By: Afsheen Naz
  Sunday, 2nd Sep 2012
 
Profile: Quest for knowledge
  By: Moniza Inam
  Sunday, 26th Aug 2012
 
Another stupid twist in the Afghan game
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 15th Aug 2012
 
Ranking in food security index
  By: Nasir Jamal
  Monday, 13th Aug 2012
 
Vagaries of weather
  By: Dr Giovanna Gioli and Talimand Khan
  Friday, 10th Aug 2012
 
The Laws of Thermostasis
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 8th Aug 2012
 
Some realist advice for Hafiz Saeed
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 1st Aug 2012
 
Get ready, it's monsoon time!
  By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
  Sunday, 22nd Jul 2012
 
The archivist
  By: Altaf Hussain Asad
  Sunday, 22nd Jul 2012
 
Late response
  By: Aoun Sahi
  Sunday, 15th Jul 2012
 
Define relations with the US
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Tuesday, 10th Jul 2012
 
The Slow downfall of the telecom sector
  By: Raja Taimur Hassan
  Monday, 9th Jul 2012
 
Getting it right is important
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 4th Jul 2012
 
Rio+20: Is it a dead end?
  By: Ghulam Samad
  Monday, 2nd Jul 2012
 
Industrial atmospherics
  By: Dr. Mahmood A. Khwaja
  Sunday, 1st Jul 2012
 
Renewed hopes for South Asia
  By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
  Saturday, 30th Jun 2012
 
An effort, still
  By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
  Sunday, 24th Jun 2012
 
Another failure?
  By: Aoun Sahi
  Sunday, 24th Jun 2012
 
Earthly matters: Turning Rio+20 into reality
  By: Rina Saeed Khan
  Sunday, 24th Jun 2012
 
Is Alastair Campbell a liar or a sucker?
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Tuesday, 19th Jun 2012
 
Rio+20 and green economy
  By: Tariq Osman Hyder
  Friday, 15th Jun 2012
 
Warts and all
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 13th Jun 2012
 
Hunger: A National Security Threat
  By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
  Monday, 11th Jun 2012
 
Crossing the poverty line
  By: Muhammad Adnan
  Sunday, 10th Jun 2012
 
What the budget will do for Pakistanis
  By: Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri
  Friday, 1st Jun 2012
 
Make it big on Express Freely Tribune!
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 30th May 2012
 
The right lessons
  By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
  Sunday, 27th May 2012
 
KPs counterterrorism plan - not what but how
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 23rd May 2012
 
The cost of inefficient solid waste management
  By: Raja Taimur Hassan
  Monday, 21st May 2012
 
The paradox reigns supreme
  By: Ejaz Haider
  Wednesday, 16th May 2012
 
Going in circles
  By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
  Sunday, 13th May 2012
 
The better option
  By: Fareeha Mehmood
  Sunday, 13th May 2012
 
Looming food insecurity
  By: Ashfak Bokhari
  Monday, 23rd Apr 2012
 
Bilateral challenges
  By: Pradeep S Mehta and Abid Suleri
  Sunday, 22nd Apr 2012
 
Now it goes…
  By: Muhammad Adnan
  Sunday, 22nd Apr 2012
 
Melting of Siachen glacier — don’t blame global warming
  By: Arshad H Abbasi
  Sunday, 22nd Apr 2012
 
Why Karo Kari still persists in Pakistan
  By: Fayyaz Yaseen
  Thursday, 19th Apr 2012
 
food Zeroing in on hunger
  By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
  Sunday, 15th Apr 2012
 
Dam good sources
  By: Aoun Sahi
  Sunday, 8th Apr 2012
 
Economy – Can the govt. afford to remain indifferent
  By: Fayyaz Yaseen
  Tuesday, 20th Mar 2012
 
IP pipeline: other options
  By: Arshad H. Abbasi
  Sunday, 18th Mar 2012
 
A chronicle of success and failure
  By: Syed Nazre Hyder
  Sunday, 4th Mar 2012
 

Poison in the air
By: Dr. Mahmood A. Khwaja
Sunday, 26th Feb 2012

Promotion of Right to Information in Pakistan – struggling from a common platform
By: Fayyaz Yaseen
Friday, 24th Feb 2012 

Poverty and Property Rights in Pakistan
By: Fayyaz Yaseen
Monday, 20th Feb 2012
The beginning has been made
By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Sunday, 19th Feb 2012
Widening the deficit
By: Muhammad Adnan
Sunday, 19th Feb 2012
Good Governance – Making governments socially accountability
By: Fayyaz Yaseen
Sunday, 12th Feb 2012
A step for Indo-Pak trade normalisation
By: Pradeep S Mehta
Sunday, 5th Feb 2012
Rupee under pressure
By: Muhammad Adnan
Sunday, 5th Feb 2012
Under cover
By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Sunday, 29th Jan 2012
The perils of policy
By: Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
Sunday, 29th Jan 2012
Legally bound to control pollution
By: Dr. Mahmood A. Khwaja
Wednesday, 25th Jan 2012
Looking back in despair
By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Monday, 16th Jan 2012
Export cartels: any solutions?
By: Frederic Jenny and Pradeep Mehta
Monday, 16th Jan 2012
New approach to climate
By: Abdul Sattar
Monday, 16th Jan 2012
Role of Civil Society in Budget Process
By: Gulbaz Ali Khan
Tuesday, 10th Jan 2012
2011
No more mega projects please!
By:
Wednesday, 21st Dec 2011
Local problem
By: Gulbaz Ali Khan
Sunday, 11th Dec 2011
Saying “no more” to cartels
By: Pradeep S Mehta
Sunday, 4th Dec 2011
Drowning in debt
By: Muhammad Adnan
Sunday, 4th Dec 2011
Declining growth and rising debt
By: Dr Vaqar Ahmed
Thursday, 24th Nov 2011
Trading the status
By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Sunday, 13th Nov 2011
Investment trends
By: Afsheen Naz
Sunday, 6th Nov 2011
At a price
By: Muhammad Adnan
Sunday, 6th Nov 2011
Ours is… also a severe governance crisis
By: Ather Naqvi
Sunday, 30th Oct 2011
Regional cooperation for economic growth
By: Dr Vaqar Ahmed
Thursday, 27th Oct 2011
Why boost India-Pakistan relations
By: Pradeep S Mehta and Abid Suleri
Sunday, 23rd Oct 2011
Federal Ombudsman – A Ray of Hope
By: Fayyaz Yaseen
Thursday, 20th Oct 2011
E-Governance; the Course to Good Governance
By: Fayyaz Yaseen
Monday, 17th Oct 2011
Food, food, nowhere
By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Sunday, 16th Oct 2011
BPO Industry and Economic Recession
By: Fayyaz Yaseen
Saturday, 15th Oct 2011
Revival of local governments
By: Foqia Sadiq Khan
Tuesday, 11th Oct 2011
In the right direction
By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Sunday, 9th Oct 2011
Rain rhetoric
By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Sunday, 25th Sep 2011
Failure to harness our wind energy potential
By: Arshad H Abbasi
Thursday, 15th Sep 2011
Baggage of history
By: Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Sunday, 4th Sep 2011
Meltdown or malfunction?
By: Syed Nazre Hyder
Sunday, 4th Sep 2011
Dam controversy: Marvi urges court action on Kishenganga failings
By: Peer Muhammad
Saturday, 3rd Sep 2011
Urbanisation after devolution
By: Gulbaz Ali Khan
Wednesday, 31st Aug 2011
The course to accountability
By: Gulbaz Ali Khan and Fayyaz Yasin
Sunday, 21st Aug 2011
Energy and security
By: Arshad H Abbasi
Saturday, 13th Aug 2011
A question of priorities
By: Kamila Hyat
Thursday, 11th Aug 2011
Energy and security
By: Arshad H Abbasi
Saturday, 6th Aug 2011
Energy crisis - A serious security threat?
By: Arshad H Abbasi
Wednesday, 3rd Aug 2011
Food for all
By: Moniza Inam
Sunday, 31st Jul 2011
The living dead
By: Moniza Inam
Sunday, 31st Jul 2011
Change in the US handling of Pakistan
By: Foqia Sadiq Khan
Friday, 22nd Jul 2011
Persistent neglect
By: Faisal Nadeem Gorchani
Sunday, 10th Jul 2011
No quick fixes
By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Sunday, 3rd Jul 2011
Not-so-great expectations
By: Gulbaz Ali Khan
Sunday, 26th Jun 2011
Opportunities and challenges
By: Dr Syed Nazre Hyder and Faisal Nadeem Gorchani
Sunday, 5th Jun 2011
Slashing a budget
By: Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Sunday, 29th May 2011
People’s concern
By: Gulbaz Ali Khan and Afsheen Naz
Sunday, 29th May 2011
Breaking the shackles of oppression
By: Mome Saleem
Friday, 27th May 2011
One Women’s Struggle in the Face of Adversity
By: Mome Saleem
Friday, 27th May 2011
Coming events…
By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Sunday, 22nd May 2011
The dilemma we call climate change
By: Anusha Sherazi
Sunday, 22nd May 2011
Needed: A revised civil-military relationship
By: Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Wednesday, 18th May 2011
What went wrong?
By: Dr. Syed Nazre Hyder
Sunday, 15th May 2011
Ask no Questions...
By: Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Sunday, 8th May 2011
Baggage of the past
By: Afsheen Naz
Sunday, 17th Apr 2011
A sapling of hope
By: Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
Sunday, 3rd Apr 2011


2010

Growth and the corporate sector
By: Dr. Syed Nazre Hyder
Sunday, 26th Dec 2010