Publications
Research, opinion and talks
Journal articles, working papers, technical reports and books, alongside opinion pieces, keynotes and lectures on spatial economics, regional development and the economies of Pakistan and the GCC.
2026
- From Barrels to Molecules: Why the GCC is Winning the Global Hydrogen Supremacy Race
- Exporting Labour or Exporting Potential?
- From Capacity Trap to Affordable Power: Revamping Pakistan’s IPPs
- Pakistan’s Minerals: The New Arena of Great-Power Competition
- Indus Waters Treaty and the Hydro-Economic Security of Pakistan
- Export Capacity: The Binding Constraint for Pakistan
- Net Billing or Burden Shifting? Pakistan’s Power Politics
- Pakistan’s Changing Strategic Context: The Rise of Soft Power
- Urbanization without Productivity: Pakistan’s Missing Transformation
- Rethinking the New Province Concept in Pakistan: Prioritizing Fiscal Reform
- Elite Capture: Why Economic Reform Always Stops at the Top
- Pakistan’s Real Crisis: Middle-Class Collapse
- AI Is Rising, Pakistan is Lagging
- The Missing MSME Institutions in Pakistan: The Invisible Engine of Growth
- Why Investment Alone Won’t Save Pakistan’s Economy
- Why Pakistan’s Export Problem Is About Productivity, Not the Dollar
- 2026 Decides Economic Destiny of Pakistan – Sustained Growth or Permanent Decline
- Pakistan’s Punishing Tax System and Elite Exemptions
- Youth Unemployment in Pakistan: A Demographic Time Bomb
2025
- Digital Exports: A Narrow Path to Sustainable Growth
- Bad Infrastructure: An Invisible Tax in Pakistan
- The Economic Price of Pakistan’s Urban Failure
- Is Pakistan Ready to Face the AI Revolution – Or Will It Miss the Opportunity Again?
- State Paternalism and Human Security
- Why the Economic Crisis in Pakistan Is Really A Talent Crisis
- The Real Cost of Corruption
- Pakistan’s MNC Exodus: Beyond the Symptoms, Toward a Deeper Diagnosis
- Pakistan’s Strategic Reorientation and Its Economic Stakes
- The Economy of Pakistan: Can Structural Reset Save Growth?
- Gulf Engagement and the Path to Economic Resilience in Pakistan
- Smog, Emissions, Accountability and the Economics of Clean Air
- From MoU to Reality: Why the Saudi Industrial City is Pakistan’s Biggest Test
- Pakistan’s Economy: The Case of Self-Inflicted Economic Crisis
- CPEC or IMF: Pakistan Must Decide
- The Illusion Behind Pakistan’s Bloomberg Win
- Pocket Parks: Big Cooling for Pakistan’s Scorching Cities
- Pakistan’s Precarious Balance: Growth vs Security
- Beyond Remittances: Towards a Balanced Partnership
- Pakistan’s Trump Card: Balancing Tariffs and Great Power Rivalry
- Mass Rapid Transit: Loss-Making or City-Shaping Machines
- Redefining Trade Diplomacy: Pakistan’s Bold Pivot
- Balancing Recovery and Price Stability
- Street Economies — The Invisible Engine
- Crowding out development for debt: Pakistan’s fiscal dilemma
- Stability or survival? The truth behind economic optimism
- Urbanization is not a threat to food security — unplanned growth is