Editor’s Note: There is more to the IMF than bailouts
It is not an often-appreciated fact, but politicians actually do try to keep most of their major campaign promises, at times regardless...
Editor’s Note: PIA’s turnaround effort
It is no secret that Pakistan’s state-owned enterprises are almost invariably badly run, but even by the Government of Pakistan’s atrocious standards,...
If you’re not paying for journalism, you’re paying to not have journalism
Quality is the staple product of this stapled product. Or so we think. As do you, if reader feedback is to be...
Sit down, Mr Dar!
For a number of weeks, now former finance minister Ishaq Dar has been providing unsolicited input into the economic decision-making of the...
Editor’s Note: Policy Reversals
There is no clearer indication that the current administration has absolutely no clue what they are doing on matters of fiscal policy...
Manifesto casualness
Of the major parties, the PML(N) has not even released a manifesto, while the others are cagey about the economy
Climate change vs Governance
Above all else, the flooding disaster to hit Pakistan is about climate change
The coming change to Pakistan’s mortgage market
Change can often come from unexpected quarters. A recent ruling from the Lahore High Court on the law concerning mortgages – specifically,...
A much-overdue reckoning
If the news of the ban on Pakistani citizens getting new visas to the United Arab Emirates are true – and early...
Editor’s Note: For once, it’s not their fault
The rupee’s precipitous dive on Friday, November 30 has led to recriminations and accusations of incompetent economic management on the part of...
Editor’s Note: The cost of borrowing
In his first speech to his fellow citizens as the Prime Minister-elect of Pakistan, Imran Khan stated his desire to have Pakistan...
Our readers worry us
We hope the response on our story on the Naya Pakistan Certificates is not illustrative of Naya Pakistan itself
Editor’s Note: The state of the State Bank
If the KASB Bank’s own valuation was correct, then it actually was sold for a song by SBP. If the auditors’ valuation was correct, then was SBP sleeping on the job when it let things get so bad at KASB?
Breathing room to act
After months of speculation, at least we know where Pakistan stands: by the skin of our teeth, the country remains connected to...
Between Dar and Atif, there is a field; I will meet you there
Treat your Ferrero Rochers the way you do your oil imports. Let them be imported indiscriminately and forget this categorisation of essential...