Flood funds and telethons
The 2022 monsoon season “on steroids” left in its wake widespread destruction, submerging one third of the country under water, with over half of Pakistan’s districts declared as “calamity hit”.…
Reimagining the petrol subsidy
The government has taken an initiative to provide a subsidy of Rs100 per liter on petrol to provide some relief to the low-income class in the prevailing economic situation. It…
How a bank was born
Pakistan has been passing through difficult times in its recent history. The polycrisis originating from political and economic uncertainties has engulfed the country and its people. To counter the commentators…
Subsidy gone wrong
The interim governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have recently launched a free atta (flour) initiative. Rs53 billion worth of free atta is meant to be provided through distribution points…
Resolving the debt question
With considerable delay and visible reluctance (“unwillingly” in the words of the prime minister), Pakistan has taken most of the steps that could bring it closer to successfully completing a…
Targeting subsidies
While headlines are dominated by the politics of power, a significant proportion of the country’s population is struggling to put food on the table. And, as an economic catastrophe unfolds,…
What endangers a language?
Students of the Institute of Management Sciences, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) organized a two-day literary and academic event called Peshawar Literary Festival on February 4 and 5, soon after the January…
The realities of life
We are once again caught in a situation where politics in Pakistan revolves largely around the issue of corruption and accusations made by the PTI against its political opponents. Recently,…
Demonetizing for growth
Currency in circulation makes up almost 20 per cent of Pakistan’s GDP, increasing from eight per cent, only about a decade back. Explosive growth of money supply has led to…
The real news of the day
For days, we have been following the headlines concerning the appointment of the new COAS and the joint chiefs of staff committee head, and the drama that has accompanied this.…
