Of IMF and things to come
There is no use in avoiding the obvious - it is best that we as a nation reconcile ourselves to the fact that another IMF programme is inevitable. If there…
Our survival
Downward spiral: Our country’s continous descent into a state of anarchy refuses to reach its climax. And our nation could not have been more humiliated than the recent series of…
A careless caretaker government
There was no dearth of warnings about the impending economic crisis prior to the induction of the interim government. The PPP-led government had followed policies that led to a dire…
Agenda for the nation 2013 and beyond-III
Over the past five years, extremely bad governance wrought with corruption and compromise in the name of continuity of democracy has brought the country to a disastrous point. This has…
‘Power tariff hike’
Please refer to your editorial on the above subject (April 3) which covers the difficult subject of Power Tariff evaluation. Your quoted costs of power production do not seem to…
The PML-N’s manifesto
As a matter of principle, election manifestos outline the priorities and goals set by a political party based on a best case scenario. That’s the reason the manifestos abound in…
The office of denial
There is a difference between a good and a bad finance minister: the former keeps his nation informed about the true state of the economy and prepares public opinion for…
Peace needed for development
The federal cabinet`s decisions to hand over Gwadar port to the Chinese and to go ahead with the Iran Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project despite US pressure seem to be…
Economic crisis in 2013?
There is all the evidence that the present government has put the economy on a path that – without a major change in the direction of the fiscal, monetary and…
The worst is still to come
With the fifth most turbulent year (2012) in Pakistan’s economic history drawing to a close yesterday, the year 2013 has just begun. Far from being a fresh start, there are…
