Pakistan, April 11 -- The economy is facing tough times and this is not a hard news in our part of the world. In such bad times, the only hope for us is we are on track for small feasts. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently said Pakistan will grow only 2.5 percent this year. This makes Pakistan's economy the slowest one in South Asia.

That is even less than Afghanistan. Yes, you have heard it right that Afghanistan, a country with war and sanctions, is doing better from us. Three months ago, the ADB predicted Pakistan's economic growth at 3 percent, but now they have lowered it. The question arises: when inflation, or rising prices, has dropped to 6 percent, which is good news, why it is not being translated into the economic growth...