Ishaq Dar’s Exchange Rate Policy: Ignorance And Hubris
Pakistan’s currency dropped 9.6% against the US dollar Thursday to an all-time low in the largest single-day fall in at...
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Has Pakistan Averted A Default?
Pakistan is facing existential multi-dimensional crises of politics and economy with a highly dysfunctional state. It is about much more...
The World Must Act To Help Pakistan’s Poor
As a team of SKY News, a UK TV channel, covering the floods in Pakistan, drove through the district of...
SOS to the State of Pakistan
Pakistan's present crisis is the worst in political terms not only due to the polarised polity but also because the...
Pakistan’s Strategic Misconceptions: Lesson From The Economic Crisis
According to a report published today by a Pakistan’s leading English newspaper, “the Foreign Office (FO) on Monday confirmed that...
Super Tax: A Bitter Pill Corporate Sector Should Swallow To Help The Country
A few weeks ago when I wrote about taxing the big and rich corporates, some experts told me it was...
Gambling On Development: A Must-Read For PM Shehbaz Sharif, Imran Khan And General Bajwa
Just a few days back, I read a fascinating review of a recently published book on development in the Financial...
New Budget Offers Relief To Salaried, Lower Income Groups. But The Road Ahead Is Bumpy
It is an annual ritual to comment on the budget speech, criticise new taxes, especially on petrol, and urge the...
Pakistan Cannot Become A Tenable State Without Tax Reform
The State cannot survive without the collection of sufficient taxes. Pakistan’s energy and water crises pose a greater threat to...
Demystifying Pakistan’s Military Spending: Why Is There No Transparency?
The subject of Pakistan’s military spending has been in the news after the government increased the defence budget for the...
SC Verdict On Article 63-A Will Take Pakistan Toward An Orwellian Democracy
Pakistan Supreme Court’s 3:2 split decision that the votes of the defecting lawmakers will not be counted adds yet another...
Five Steps Pakistan Needs To Take To Resolve Its Grave Economic Crisis
The Existential Crisis Pakistan, a nuclear-armed country with the world’s fifth-largest population (median age is 23) and one of the...
Imran Khan Is Trying To Provoke Civil War In Pakistan. He Must Be Stopped
Former prime minister Imran Khan wrecked the economy, damaged relations with China and Saudi Arabia and now he is indirectly...
Economic Crisis: Time For The Establishment To Eat Humble Pie
The military establishment ultimately calls the shots in Pakistan. It needs to understand that without meaningful reforms, the policy of...
How Imran Khan’s Imaginary Tale Of ‘American Conspiracy’ Harmed Pakistan’s Interests
No one expected that Imran Khan could be so power-hungry that he would invent a conspiracy, where there was absolutely...
End Of The Hybrid Regime: Here’s Why Imran Khan’s Ouster Is Good News For Pakistan
Representatives of 69% of the people have succeeded and Imran Khan has been voted out by 174 members of the...
He May Give Another ‘Surprise’ In Desperation. But The Project Imran Is Over
Imran Khan may try to give a 'surprise' in desperation but he is done. The domestic political situation and the...
What Pakistan’s Political Leaders Can Learn From Latin America
In the last 40 years, Latin America made the most significant gains worldwide, becoming the third most democratic region in...
Reza Baqir’s Shocking Statement: Do Rising Dollar Rates Really Benefit Pakistanis?
The State of Bank of Pakistan’s Governor Dr Reza Baqir is a highly qualified professional with an impressive CV. He...
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
IHC Chief Justice Grills Privatisation Commission
The Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC)...
Will We Have Our Glorious Revolution?
The year 1688 was a significant one in...