Haq's Musings

Riaz Haq writes this data-driven blog to provide information, express his opinions and make comments on many topics. Subjects include personal activities, education, South Asia, South Asian community, regional and international affairs and US politics to financial markets. For investors interested in South Asia, Riaz has another blog called South Asia Investor at http://www.southasiainvestor.com and a YouTube video channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkrIDyFbC9N9evXYb9cA_gQ

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Monday, December 15, 2025

WIR 2026: Income and Wealth Inequality in India, Pakistan and the World

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The top 1% of Indians own 40.1% of the nation's wealth, higher than the 37% global average. This makes India one of the world's most...

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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Rising Share of Income of Poorest 20% Pakistani Households

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The share of national income of Pakistan's poorest 20% of households has increased from 8.1% to 9.6% since 1990 , according to the Unite...

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Sharifs' Folly Hurts Punjab's Poor

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The Punjab government led by PML's Shahbaz Sharif spurned 20 billion rupees ($232.55 million) in US aid slated for welfare projects in P...

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Friday, May 22, 2009

Aid, Trade, Investments and Remittances in Asia and Africa

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Relief organizations have calculated that as much as 75% of foreign aid by industrialized nations is directly tied to promoting exports of g...

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Social Entrepreneurs Target Pakistan and India

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Understanding the need to design for extreme affordability is giving birth to a new generation of entrepreneurs. These are entrepreneurs wit...

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Riaz Haq: I am the Founder and President of PakAlumni Worldwide, a global social network for Pakistanis, South Asians and their friends. I also served as Chairman of the NEDians Convention 2007. In addition to being a South Asia watcher, an investor, business consultant and avid follower of the world financial markets, I have more than 25 years experience in the hi-tech industry. I have been on the faculties of Rutgers University and NED Engineering University and cofounded two high-tech startups, Cautella, Inc. and DynArray Corp and managed multi-million dollar P&Ls. I am a pioneer of the PC and mobile businesses and I have held senior management positions in hardware and software development of Intel’s microprocessor product line from 8086 to Pentium processors. My experience includes senior roles in marketing, engineering and business management. I was recognized as “Person of the Year” by PC Magazine for my contribution to 80386 program. I have an MS degree in Electrical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. www.pakalumni.com http://www.riazhaq.com http://southasiainvestor.blogspot.com

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