Collapsology’: Is this the end of civilisation as we know it?
The world will never be the same again,” has been the oft-repeated refrain since the coronavirus brought the global economy to a juddering halt. For many it has shown how…
PSO – Fuelling success
For the past 35 years, Pakistan State Oil has been driving the wheels of the national economy, all the way from product supplies to meeting the needs of critical sectors…
Falling exports and imports
The February figures of exports, imports and balance of trade have just been released. They tell a story of extreme contraction in the volume of trade. Cumulatively, over the first…
Energy sector reforms: Earnest intentions for structural changes necessary – V
Expanding the thought process 1. Proven integrated model of K-Electric needs to be replicated in other power DISCOs and also in GAS DISCOs instead of repeating unsuccessful concept of privatizing…
The profundity of feedback loop
Since time immemorial, decision-making has been based on a number of factors, the most important being the feedback loop. Decision-making governs every aspect of life - from birth to death…
The power and energy crisis
Pakistan’s power and energy crisis has reached crisis proportions. The power sector’s circular debt of Rs2,377 billion – combined with Rs1,400 billion of the gas sector – and Rs600 billion…
IMF – No half measures
Last week it appeared that the economic reality is finally sinking into the government high-ups. The statement of Saudi finance minister in Davos on not supporting countries (like Pakistan) unconditionally…
ECB union says staff losing faith in leadership over inflation, pay
European Central Bank staff are losing confidence in the institution’s leadership following the ECB’s failure to control inflation and a pay award that lagged the leap in prices, according to…
LNG market and its challenges — I
Since the beginning of the last few decades, LNG has become an extremely popular source of energy and many countries irrespective of their economic prosperity, they all have been converting…
Energy sector reforms — I
My previous op-ed, summed up Pakistan’s gas supply position vis-à-vis the current demand, prevailing geo-political context, international spot-market under which Pakistan functioned over the last 4 years and the much…
