Real austerity: need of the hour
The policy of controlled imports is working as monthly import bill is down to $5 billion (on average) over the last two months. However, the desired objective to bring the…
‘PIMEC 2023’can help jump-start maritime sector
Oceans remain an important component of our planet having countless marine species and vast sea bed resources. They have given to the mankind cheapest medium for transportation of goods and…
Old wine in old bottles
Reports indicate that Ishaq Dar’s selling point in being reappointed as the country’s finance minister for the fourth time was his claim that he could not only check the rupee…
How this govt helped country avert sovereign default
In April of this year, when Mian Shehbaz Sharif became prime minister and appointed me as finance minister, Pakistan had about $10.5 in foreign exchange reserves. Our reserves had fallen…
Dissolving a political party
The dissolution of the National Awami Party (NAP) in 1975 followed months of degradation of the party and its leadership in the mass media. This was a party in power,…
An illusion of recovery?
A sense of economic recovery is being created which in fact may be artificial. Many within the PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement) camp who earlier criticised finance minister Miftah Ismail are…
Pessimism grows
The nation started the year 2022 under a euphoria of all good after moving out of the Covid pandemic largely unscathed, with the economy inching towards somewhat better amidst hopes…
Panicked traders step up forward Indian rice purchases after wheat export ban
India’s surprise ban on wheat exports has prompted rice traders to increase purchases and place unusual orders for longer-dated deliveries, fearing the world’s top rice exporter may restrict those shipments…
Defeat the ideology
THE onslaught of militancy did not provide time and space to the state to focus on countering violent extremism (CVE); consequently, countering terrorism (CT) remained the top priority. Sole reliance…
Lessons learned
HAD perfection been the reality in intelligence and law enforcement, attacks like 9/11 would have been averted and the world may have not experienced the damaging, costly war on terrorism.…
