Painfully Deja Vu
The tradition of the annual budget speech is rapidly becoming meaningless. Every year, the finance minister delivers a barely audible speech while...
Growth on paper, stagnation on ground
Pakistan’s economic survey reveals more spin than spark
The miracle called the HBL PSL
The HBL PSL rose from unlikely beginnings to become a mainstay of the international franchise cricket calendar. In many ways it is a miracle that comes from belief. It must be emulated.
If the economy has any chance of surviving, the political instability must end
The first indications that a hung parliament will cause economic tremors in Pakistan have become apparent. An announcement from the IMF made...
Dime-store Democracy
There is an election around the corner we hear. This Thursday all of the country’s registered voters will have the opportunity to...
Manifesto season?
With a fortnight left for the polls, two major parties come up with manifestoes
Shake-up at a start-up
The exit of Daraz’s CEO doesn’t just mean a shake-up there, but shows how start-ups need to double down
Staying out of power
The Cabinet has rejected PMUs but has no solution for DISCOs
Manifesto casualness
Of the major parties, the PML(N) has not even released a manifesto, while the others are cagey about the economy
In the world of cricket India is a bully, and Pakistan their only opposition
Massive economic potential is being wasted only because both India and Pakistan have highly politicised cricket boards
On the economy’s new ‘technocratic’ caretakers
PM Kakar’s cabinet will be in the driving seat for the foreseeable future. To do any good they must hold fast to their limitations
After the deal
In its latest monetary policy statement the State Bank of Pakistan decided to keep the discount rate unchanged. The policy rate has...
A Zardari masterclass
For the past few months, Asif Ali Zardari has been camped in Lahore. And he hasn’t been sitting idly twiddling his thumbs...
Dear reader, we’ll be talking in lakhs and crores from now on
Forgive us for how long this has taken, but we did put a lot of thought into this decision. From now on...
2023-2024 Budget
The Budget 2023-2024 was presented under constraints coming from all directions, and posed an almost insoluble problem for the Finance Minister. The...