A think tank for in-depth analyses and strategies on economic, social, and demographic issues.
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Why Pakistan's civil service resist reform?
Are we lacking capable officers, or system incentives reward control, protects privileges & discourages change?
CSS built for extraction, control centralisation & bureaucratic elite
@nadeemhaque, @durre_nayab_
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Socialism Vs Capitalism
Why does profit matter? Can the pvt sector drive sustainable growth?
What role should state play in industry, infrastructure & opportunity creation without becoming burden? who pays the price of bad governance?
@nadeemhaque
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The world is unraveling & Pakistan stands at a crossroads.
Dr @nadeemhaque in Conversation with Dr @AdilNajam decode “New World Disorder” & explore how Pak can chart a strategic, resilient future amidst global turbulence.
@durre_nayab_ @ZulfiqarAhmed69
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SIA Vlog 4
Dr. @nadeemhaque examines why Pakistan's politics is dominated by power struggles, personal interests & political manoeuvring. But where is the debate on ideas, governance & reforms the country desperately needs?
@durre_nayab_ @fawadchaudhry
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• Watch Sia conversations Znd analysis on Haque Economics for sharp, no-nonsense conversations on Pakistan’s economy, governance, and real reform — hosted by Dr. Nadeem Ul Haque.
• Dr. Nadeem Ul Haque (University of Chicago PhD, former IMF, ex-Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, and former VC of PIDE) leads SIA Conversations that cut through the noise.
• From IMF cycles and elite capture to poverty traps, taxation, bureaucracy, and market reforms — hear leading Pakistani economists and policymakers debate what actually needs to change.
• SIA Conversations brings together voices like Kaiser Bengali, Adeel Malik, Miftah Ismail, Atif Mian, Talat Anwar, and others for in-depth discussions on development and policy.
• Pakistan keeps declaring “stability” and then sliding back into crisis. Dr. Haque and guests ask the hard questions: Why do the same patterns repeat, and what real structural fixes look like?
• Ideas. Data. Debate. Subscribe to @sialytics for evidence-based perspectives on Pakistan’s economy, urban development, energy, education, and institutional reform.
• Former Planning Commission chief and PIDE leader Dr. Nadeem Ul Haque hosts the conversations policymakers and citizens need — not slogans, but serious analysis.
• Challenge the status quo with SIA (Socioeconomic Insights & Analytics). Watch discussions on why businesses stay small, how social protection can trap the poor, and what a genuine economic reset requires.
• Deep dives into Pakistan’s 150-year economic structure, dynastic politics, regulatory sludge, and the path from crisis management to sustained growth.
• Subscribe to Haque Economics for regular SIA Conversations and vlogs that put reform, productivity, markets, and better governance at the center of the national debate
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THE BIGGER ECONOMIC QUESTIONS
Why Do Pakistan's Banks Prefer Lending to the Government?
Pak Privatized Its Banks. What Went Right & What Went Wrong?
Can Digital Banks & Fintech Break Pak's Banking Monopoly?
@nadeemhaque, @durre_nayab_, @StateBank_Pak
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Is Pakistan making it harder to build homes, develop businesses, create jobs & invest in economy?
Can Pak afford to make construction more expensive?
Why Housing societies are permitted but not High Rises?
@nadeemhaque, @ArshadDadPTI, @durre_nayab_
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@imf_pakistan while economy is choked by a medieval arbitrary tax the government is not short of cash for building useless flyovers in underpasses and many unstudied political subsidies
In this SIA vlog, Dr. @nadeemhaque examines Pakistan’s recurring pattern of premature economic victory, drawing on his article, “25 Years of Premature Victory: Pak’s Never-Ending Stabilization Loop.” youtu.be/IsEg83h16nU?si
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Why has Pakistan struggled to establish durable democratic institutions?
How have political rivalries & military interventions shaped political history?
Why dynastic politics & weak party democracy persist?
@nadeemhaque,@kdastgirkhan, @durre_nayab_
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Everyone interested to understand the business environment in Pakistan must watch this conversation. Very interesting perspective of Pakistan presented by Tariq Waleed Sehgal and much thanks to @nadeemhaque
@SIAlytics for providing thought nourishing dialogue with diverse but engaging view points on businesses and economy.
Free the MARKETS, Save the NATION I How State Control Destroy Pakistan's... youtu.be/1p5w19FSsTw?si=iRJE… via @YouTube
The rule of law is being replaced by the rule of power.
Nuclear policy expert Tariq Rauf (formerly of IAEA) joins @nadeemhaque to discuss the erosion of international institutions & laws at 9:30 pm tonight. #SIAconversation
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Recorded, and posted, before the current crisis began, but the signs have been there for everyone to see. @nadeemhaque in #SIAconversation with @AdilNajam on the "New World Disorder".
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Recorded, and posted, before the current crisis began, but the signs have been there for everyone to see. @nadeemhaque in #SIAconversation with @AdilNajam on the "New World Disorder".
Replug.
youtu.be/i922lCSCd1o?is=_CI_…
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Pia privatization took 25 years. Delay cost over a trillion. Why? It is our governance model especially our corporate governance. Do we want to learn? open.substack.com/pub/nadeem…
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Democracy Without Accountability I Why Politics Never Stabilizes in Paki... youtu.be/_eXAtOmkK9g?si=KCWD… via @YouTube. With Mustafa need Khokhar.
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Pakistan’s crisis isn’t economic — it’s systemic.
For decades, we’ve kept running to the IMF to treat symptoms while refusing to cure the disease: broken institutions, distorted incentives, elite capture, and a state that suffocates its own economy.
In the latest episode of SIA Conversations, Dr Nadeem Ul Haque brings together — Salman Shah, Asad Ali Shah, and Ali Salman — for one of the most unfiltered and hard-hitting discussions on the latest Governance & Corruption Diagnostic Assessment on Pakistan.
This isn’t an IMF-bashing session.
This is a forensic dissection of why Pakistan keeps collapsing — and what it will take to break the cycle, while discussing the latest IMF GCDA on Pakistan.
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Why Bureaucracy Refuses to Reform & Modernize? I No More Colonial Civil ... youtu.be/rRl4BTOztSg?si=zRVe… via @YouTube
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Pakistan is not rural. It is predominantly urban. open.substack.com/pub/nadeem…
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Explore the ideas reshaping Pakistan’s policy debate.
From cities to civil service, exports to energy — Sialytics dives deep into the economics of reform.
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