Pakistan’s war within
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader, Mahrang Baloch, was arrested by Quetta police last week while participating in a protest against police actions. The protest followed the arrests of several…
The fragile balance of US-China trade
After decades of facilitating and even encouraging China’s rise, the dramatic shift by the US to a policy of containment could gather pace when Donald Trump takes over on January…
Govt has no business being in business
Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb in a televised speech this Tuesday cleared the air on IMF (International Monetary Fund) delays, saying that assurances of external financing from three friendly countries…
The FY25 budget
“I am from the corporate world”, Muhammad Aura ngzeb, Federal Finance Minister, proudly stated in a post-budget interaction on a private channel – pride, one may assume, for his experience…
Rabbani slams proposed cut in HEC budget
Former chairman of the Senate and senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party Raza Rabbani has strongly proposed budget cuts to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the cessation of…
India’s exhausting rhetoric
The initial campaigning for the 18th Lok Sabha elections in India gave the impression that political parties in India had moved away from depending on anti-Pakistan rhetoric to rally their…
From ideological to functional state
Soon after terrorists attacked a Pakistan Air Force base in Mianwali, Pakistan lost four soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, in a firefight with terrorists in the Tirah Valley. The Pakistan…
SOEs: privatisation the only solution
Driven by the current ‘four-point must list of IMF’ to qualify for the next tranche of Fund’s lending in November this year, the incumbent government has picked up the settlement of…
Is textile sector ‘rent seeker’?
The textile exporters of Pakistan are fond of championing that textile is the backbone of the economy and that it is their inalienable right to claim and receive subsidies, preferential…
Can America ignore us?
The US does not seem to be concerned about the financial difficulties Pakistan is going through despite the fact that Pakistan has been an ally of the US for decades.…
