Statistics and politics
Pakistani governments, like their counterparts across the globe, do engage in data manipulation for political reasons. This tendency by politicians is perhaps best reflected in the proverb 'lies, damned lies…
The general’s legacy
“A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” — Shannon L. Alder Weeks after taking over the army command, General Raheel Sharif…
The Pakistan factor
US-Pakistan relations, which had relatively stabilised in the last three years are once again in hot water. There is a sense of déjà vu in Islamabad, as the US Congress…
Pakistan’s place
"All predictions are wrong; that's one of the few certainties granted to mankind".-Milan Kundera International Monetary Fund's celebrated quarterly journal Finance & Development (September 2014) did a bold work by asking…
Helping the big guns get bigger!
The trickle-down theory supported by the PML-N leadership appears to be stagnating - and not entirely because of external factors as the Dar-led Finance Ministry would have us believe but…
Lessons from Paris
Notwithstanding ‘root causes’ and honest efforts to understand them, there can be no justification for the Paris attacks just like there was no justification for the Mumbai or…
Dark underbelly
‘Democracy is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder.’ — Plato As the democratic process unfolds in Pakistan, one wonders what kind of a hybrid would emerge…
PKR depreciation
This is the second and last part of a two-part series focusing on the reasons for the November 2015 rupee decline. The rupee declined to 106.60 paisa per dollar interbank…
The IMF path
The sixth International Monetary Fund (IMF) review has concluded and the government is eyeing the 518 million dollars due to be released after the formalities of taking the review findings…
The birth of AIIB
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) with a total paid up capital of 100 billion dollars was launched amid much fanfare in Beijing with 50 countries signing the articles of…
