How can a competitor compete if you give preferential treatment to some firms. You cannot compete FWO in Pakistan as FWO has all the deep state behind it, blocking entry, getting all roads related contracts, with no civilian audit etc. Similar is the case with DHA, Behria etc. https://twitter.com/karimeconomist/status/1391906389673512964

Likewise, Sugar Market is captured by civilian lobbies. Subsidies, price ceiling, export and import quotas etc. are decided by lobbies who are the ultimate beneficiaries of those decisions.They will take all those decisions which are benefiting them, let alone market competition.

Generating a debate is just a buzz word in this country. Just mention me one efficient outcome which has been derived by a continuous debate from either the academic or practitioner circles. How can we break cycles of the personalities or group centric policies in this country.

Rats know that they can save their lives by putting a ring on the neck of the cat, but how to put it is a dilemma for them. May be it is pessimism but no chances of optimism as the pseudo intellectuals always change their weapons as they are required by the ambiguous narrative.

No thought is functional unless and untill we frame it within the broader contexts of political economy and culture, taking into account all the ramifications that it might have. Otherwise, it is just added to a history of cheap talks.