There is no doubt about the fact that BR op-ed writer Shabir Ahmed writes with conviction; in fact genuine conviction. Through his articles he seeks to draw the attention of our policymakers to his own diagnosis of the country's bruised, battered and beleaguered economy. In one of his articles for this newspaper he, for example, has made a very pertinent point with a view to grabbing the attention of the prime minister and his economic team. He has certain questions: "How much of that can Imran replicate? What kind of resources, human and financial, can he marshal to wage his worthy jihad? When he leans on the example of China in pulling millions out of poverty and illiteracy (though not necessarily injustice and corruption, in the classical sense) does he know what it took, besides the one child diktat? Does he have a clear vision, rather than a zigzagging one influenced by the Ayub here and antidotes from there?" Unfortunately, however, the government has failed to answer any of the questions raised by him.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019