Pakistan’s Changing Strategic Context: The Rise of Soft Power
Stratheia
The May 2025 Indo-Pak military exchange demonstrated that restraint and narrative clarity are now strategic assets as consequential as firepower. Dr. Mohey-ud-din…
Op-eds, newspaper columns, keynotes, conference contributions, and thought leadership on economic policy, governance, and development across Pakistan, the GCC, and South Asia.
This archive collects Dr. Mohey-ud-din's published op-eds, newspaper columns, policy commentary, and keynote addresses on spatial economics, Pakistan's macroeconomic reform agenda, GCC industrial development, and Vision 2030 strategy. Contributions span outlets including Dawn, Business Recorder, The Friday Times, Stratheia, and Pakistan Today, as well as academic conferences and think tank forums.
Stratheia
The May 2025 Indo-Pak military exchange demonstrated that restraint and narrative clarity are now strategic assets as consequential as firepower. Dr. Mohey-ud-din…
Paradigm Shift
The debate over creating new provinces in Pakistan often resurfaces as a solution to regional disparities. However, the underlying issue lies in…
Minute Mirror
Elite capture systematically derails Pakistan's reform agenda, protecting vested interests at the cost of inclusive economic growth.
Minute Mirror
Pakistan's inflation and fiscal pressures are systematically eroding the middle class — with severe long-term consequences for growth and social cohesion.
Minute Mirror
Pakistan's lack of AI readiness — in infrastructure, skills, and policy — threatens to deepen its economic disadvantage in the emerging digital…
Minute Mirror
Pakistan's growth strategy cannot rest on investment attraction alone — institutional quality, productivity, and market depth are equally essential.
Paradigm Shift
Pakistan lacks a unified institutional framework for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), which hinders their potential as a significant source of…
Minute Mirror
Devaluation cannot fix Pakistan's export underperformance. The real constraint is low productivity and insufficient value-addition in the export basket.
Minute Mirror
2026 is a pivotal year — policy choices on fiscal consolidation, structural reform, and geopolitical alignment will define Pakistan's economic trajectory for…
Minute Mirror
Pakistan's tax structure punishes the formal economy while elite sectors enjoy exemptions — deepening inequality and constraining revenue mobilisation.
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