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Wednesday April 23, 2025

Real progress

By News Desk
April 06, 2025
Real progress

It feels as if we’ve started mistaking dependency for progress. Just staying functional is being celebrated as growth. But I think we all know that borrowing — whether by individuals or by nations — is not a sign of strength. It is a response to something that has already gone wrong and a short-term fix when long-term solutions are missing. Progress comes when a young person finds a job that lets them stay in their own country. When a farmer does not have to beg for subsidies. When we stop needing loans and start building something worth passing on to the next generation.

Dr Asif Khan

Lahore