The wrong book
Over the last nearly seven decades we have been trying everything in the 'book' to lift the country out of its depressed level of socio-economic moorings but to no avail.…
Saarc – what it must focus on
While addressing the concluding session of the 8th meeting of the Finance Ministers of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Pakistan's Finance Minister referred to the trade-limiting policies of…
Incompetent or complicit?
Staff level agreement was reached on the twelfth (final) mandatory quarterly review of the 6.64 billion dollar Extended Fund Facility (EFF) between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Pakistani…
Don’t squander this opportunity
Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) has identified Pakistan as an emerging market on its MSCI Emerging Market (EM) index as Pakistan Stock Market (PSX) has performed the best in Asia…
A crafty dealing?
The eleventh International Monetary Fund (IMF) review was uploaded on the website on 5 July, eve of Eid-ul-Fitr. This could be construed as either a deliberate attempt to defuse a…
Entrenched inequalities
Do a girl born in a poor household in rural Balochistan and a boy born in a rich household in Karachi have the same or even a similar set of…
Politics of last week
Two important events took place this week past. First the Prime Minister addressed the nation, an address that was delayed because in the Prime Minister's words the scale of problems…
Charter of Economy: What was the accountant thinking?
The Accountant has done it again. This time he has made the Charter of Economy part of the budget speech. The gauntlet has been thrown on the floor of the…
A nation for sale
One January day about year and a half ago, the coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) came to power in Greece riding a wave of popular support fuelled by anger…
Is this good governance?
The disturbing events beginning March 24 yet again shook peoples' confidence in the government's priorities, perceptive abilities, and pre-emptive strategies; together these failures reflect the importance it attaches to its…
