The worst is not over
It’s been a bad couple of weeks for the prime minister. A public quarrel between his two most senior deputies causing cabinet members to take sides. A damning report by…
Wither fiscal space!
The Prime Minister on Wednesday has unveiled a programme of poverty alleviation under the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), named 'Ehsaas'. In the launching ceremony, he announced opening of a…
Time to bring all ‘Leases’ on the balance sheet
The economic growth requires resources and leasing provides an option to obtain those resources. We all know that leasing is an important and widely used financing solution. Through leasing a…
Uncomfortable message
World Economic Forum is a place for the big brains, big business, big people to get together and set the theme for the coming year. People from all over the…
Stamping out militancy/extremism
Since the February 21 meeting of the National Security Committee announced its decision to accelerate actions against militancy and extremism, action has been in full swing against two externally-oriented militant…
Teachers on strike
Three thousand teachers are currently on strike in Oakland, California in the latest in a series of teacher walkouts in the United States, involving 71,000 educators during the first eight…
Pakistan-India trade outlook
Prime Minister Imran Khan's speech, defiant in explicitly stating that Pakistan would retaliate if India takes any action against Pakistan's sovereignty, and conciliatory in offering resolution of all pending issues…
The new green deal
Lately there’s been a lot of bad news about climate change and the future of humanity. In October, the United Nations issued a major report warning of a climate crisis…
War in Yemen
The numbers are mind-blowing: Since the beginning of the conflict in Yemen, an estimated 85,000 children under five may have died from extreme hunger and disease, according to the last…
PIA and the other PSEs that won’t fly
Our loss-making State Enterprises continue to eat into national finances, even if one can't really put a precise number on the losses they have racked up since inception. Besides the…
