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.
Paradigm Shift
The Saudi-Pakistan MoU for an industrial city in Punjab promises immense economic growth, jobs, and a pivot toward investment-led diplomacy. However, this…
Minute Mirror
Pakistan's economic crises are largely self-inflicted through policy failures and deferred reforms — a pattern that honest diagnosis must confront.
Minute Mirror
Pakistan cannot indefinitely balance CPEC commitments with IMF conditionalities. A clear strategic choice about external economic orientation is overdue.
Minute Mirror
Pakistan's Bloomberg market performance ranking reflects cyclical stabilisation, not structural transformation — a distinction policymakers must not ignore.
Minute Mirror
Pocket parks offer a scalable, evidence-backed solution to Pakistan's urban heat crisis — a low-cost intervention with high human and economic returns.
Minute Mirror
Pakistan's growth-security tension demands integrated policy thinking — security deficits suppress investment, yet defence spending crowds out development.
Stratheia
Pakistan-GCC trade has grown eightfold since 2000, but a USD 12.4 billion structural trade deficit — fuelled overwhelmingly by energy imports —…
Stratheia
Pakistan's negotiated 19 percent US tariff — far below the punitive rates imposed on others — reflects its strategic leverage in minerals,…
Minute Mirror
MRT systems in Pakistan should be evaluated on city-shaping externalities — agglomeration, land value, and congestion reduction — not farebox recovery alone.
Minute Mirror
Pakistan needs a proactive trade diplomacy strategy — one that leverages geography, diaspora, and sectoral strengths to build durable market access.
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