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Asad Baig
What Is Hawala and How Much Pakistani Remittance Is Off the Books?
The IMF estimates Pakistan's hawala flow at $15-20 billion a year. How the informal money transfer system works and why it inflates real estate.
Asad Baig7 min
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What Are Bilateral Labour Agreements and Why Pakistan Lacks Strong Ones
India has BLAs with wage floors in every Gulf state. Pakistan signs weaker agreements without effective wage protection. The mechanism, the gap, and the fix.
Asad Baig6 min
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How South Korea, Taiwan, and Ireland Reversed Their Brain Drain
Three countries that took back their diaspora and built world-class economies. The strategies, the timelines, the results, and what Pakistan can copy.
Asad Baig7 min
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Why Pakistani Salaries Are Lower Than Indian Salaries in the Gulf
Same job, same shift, same site — different passport, different wage. The 15-35 percent gap between Pakistani and Indian Gulf salaries, explained.
Asad Baig5 min
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Why Pakistan's Embassies Fail Their Own Workers
A peer-reviewed study found Pakistan's Qatar embassy more unwilling to help than Bangladesh's and Nepal's. The budget, the policy, and the cost.
Asad Baig6 min
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How Does India's Diaspora Support Compare to Pakistan's
India deploys a state. Pakistan deploys press releases. The full comparison: budgets, programs, evacuations, and the 22-year gap in diaspora architecture.
Asad Baig6 min
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What Is the PIDDEA Proposal for Pakistan
A dedicated 20-year agency for Pakistan's industrial development and diaspora engagement, modelled on Singapore's EDB and South Korea's EPB. The proposal in detail.
Asad Baig7 min
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The Human Cost of Pakistan's Brain Drain: Families, Funerals, and 25,000 Bodies a Year
25,000 Pakistani bodies repatriated yearly from the Gulf. Children growing up over WhatsApp. The human cost the state will not put next to the remittance receipt.
Asad Baig12 min
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What Is a Special Economic Zone With Foreign Court Jurisdiction
Like Dubai International Financial Centre. English common law inside the zone. International arbitration the default. Why Pakistan needs one to win back the diaspora.
Asad Baig7 min
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How Many Pakistani Doctors and Engineers Live Abroad
40-50K Pakistani doctors. 150-200K engineers. 80-120K IT professionals. The full breakdown of the 400-500K skilled diaspora Pakistan has scattered abroad.
Asad Baig6 min
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What Is the Kafala System and Why Pakistanis Suffer Under It
Kafala is the sponsorship-based labour system in the Gulf. 2.6 million Pakistanis live under it in Saudi Arabia alone. Why HRW calls it modern slavery.
Asad Baig7 min
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Why 80% of Pakistani Doctors Leave Within Five Years of Graduation
Pakistan loses 80 percent of its trained doctors within five years of graduation. The state subsidises the training; foreign hospitals collect the doctor.
Asad Baig7 min