What failed Asad Umar
Transpose Ishaq Dar in place of Asad Umar with the same set of economic challenges that Asad Umar faced eight months back when he started off as finance minister: mounting…
In fight mode
THE PTI is always in fight mode. And this is not just because of its head-on collision with the establishment or the non-stop jostling with other political parties but because of internal tu tu main…
Budget deficit still not being dealt with!
The Khan administration inherited two unsustainable deficits that continue to plague its seven and a half months long tenure: current account and budget deficit. The current account deficit by end…
PTI: forgotten promises
People of Pakistan in general and businessmen in particular are quite disillusioned with the performance of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) after seeing that prices of items of daily use (food, medicines,…
False starts, faltering economy
BACK in December 2018, Finance Minister Asad Umar was telling almost everyone he met that the economy has turned the corner, that improvements have begun to materialise, that green shoots…
Where did MoF go so very wrong?
Prime Minister Imran Khan has replaced Asad Umar as the finance minister for one would assume poor performance. The question is how and when did he perform poorly? The state…
All things awry
WE have a new finance chief, and people are excited that it is a new face and one that inspires some confidence. Since 2008, we have had three names circulate…
New year, ancient clichés
A NEW year begins, though in Pakistan we are already braced for old issues, older than just a few months. This was brought home by the new army chief’s statement…
Imran Khan in pole position
FIRST things first. Nobody can condemn enough a violent attempt to physically harm or kill a political leader regardless of the severity of disagreement with their views. One can only…
The unseen worker
THE PTI as we knew it is on its death-bed. While Imran Khan was always and is still the truly big fish in a small pond, the clearly forced departures…
