Newspaper Column
2025
Pakistan’s Trump Card: Balancing Tariffs and Great Power Rivalry
Stratheia
Pakistan's negotiated 19 percent US tariff — far below the punitive rates imposed on others — reflects its strategic leverage in minerals,…
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
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.
Dawn
Pakistan's economy is at a critical crossroads between growth revival and resurgent inflation. The SBP's aggressive monetary easing helped revive credit and…
Dawn
Pakistan's informal sector forms the beating heart of its urban economy yet remains absent from policy documents. Around 69% of urban workers…
Business Recorder
Pakistan's federal budget has grown sevenfold since 2009–10, yet 46.7% will go toward debt servicing in 2025–26 (PKR 8.21 trillion), leaving development…
Business Recorder
Pakistan's Prime Minister frames IMF engagement as economic success, but the $1 billion EFF disbursement and $1.4 billion RSF approval come with…
Business Recorder
Punjab's Urban Atlas 2025 shows that agricultural land in Punjab actually increased from 54% to 55% of total area between 1995–2023, even…
Business Recorder
Pakistan's IPP crisis is rooted in dollar-indexed Power Purchase Agreements that have produced circular debt exceeding Rs 5 trillion. Drawing on South…
Dawn
Pakistan's economy has long been trapped in a cycle of financial instability, characterised by rising debt and chronic reliance on rollovers from…
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