Imran Khan in the ‘hood
Pakistan has four immediate neighbours. All four are in the midst of more significant crises than Pakistan itself is in. All four have an enormous influence on the security and…
The confidence no-confidence con
Imran Khan is exactly as advertised. He has been since the day he took office. Those optimists that assumed that he would ever be anything vastly more than what he…
Global economic players’ dismal policy action
International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released the July 2022 update of one of its flagship reports ‘World Economic Outlook’ (WEO). The title ‘Gloomy and more uncertain’ of the report for…
A tale of two allies
On the international front, Pakistan has received two pieces of good news. First, the Biden Administration has approved Masood Khan as Pakistan’s ambassador to the US. Second, Prime Minister Imran…
A ‘solution’ out of the box
Presiding over a meeting of the Economic think tank early this week, Prime Minister Imran Khan called for ‘out of the box solutions’ to position the country’s economic growth, hit…
A tale of two tragedies
Managing snowstorms, strong and devastating, is routine for local authorities across the US and Canada. The reason is not that they are technically advanced; the real reason is prompt action…
Which way are the winds blowing?
While Pakistan’s new ambassador to the US, Masood Khan, is expected to arrive in Washington and take charge of his post, President Biden’s nominee as ambassador to Pakistan, Donald Armin…
Don’t try to reinvent the wheel
At the fag-end of last month and with the next general elections only 23 months away, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, in a manner of reinventing the wheel, unveiled a three-year…
‘Unrealistic’ but not unbelievable
More than the opposition or bitter critics of the PTI-led coalition government, it is Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cabinet colleagues who seem to be scrutinizing with a fair degree of…
