Rupee woes
The week ending September 26, was unfortunate for Pakistan's financial services sector because both government and the market players exhibited a reckless, short-sighted profile that is wholly damaging for Pakistan's…
A hostage nation
One wonders how many more deaths and how much more destruction will it take to arouse our national leadership from its slumber. Neither the mutilated bodies of 18 members of…
Victory for the condemned
Three sets of people must be jubilant following Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government’s decision to continue with the moratorium on the death penalty. First and foremost; all the death-row prisoners…
Mr Khan in Wonderland
The chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan, has penned an article in this newspaper – Dialogue: the best of difficult options – explaining his position on the Taliban threat. It’s…
A poisoned chalice
Two recent developments have brought Pakistan’s latest IMF programme into sharp focus. The rupee has weakened aggressively against the US dollar since June, losing over 7pc. At the same time,…
Flawed interpretation
Dar has been particularly insistent in proclaiming that his skills on the negotiating table with particular reference to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) got Pakistan a particularly favourable deal with…
FBR’s ‘Year Book 2012-13’
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), in its Year Book 2012-13, issued on September 23, 2013, conceded colossal failure on meeting the assigned target, but as usual blamed it on…
The balance of payments outlook
In response to questions by journalists about the costs and benefits of entering into a new loan arrangement with the IMF, the finance minister rightly pointed out that the country…
Lost in the dark
There are two half-steps worthy of recall in the first 100 days of the incumbent federal government: the decision to cleanse Karachi and the initial seriousness to get the direction…
Hundred days of economic management
During the five-year tenure of the PPP-led government, loadshedding became rampant affecting the productive activities and daily lives of people, growth rate declined to an annual rate only slightly higher…
