The writer is a columnist based in Islamabad.
Economic failure: In 2018, when the PTI formed the government, national debt and liabilities stood at Rs30,000 billion. By 2022, the same had grown...
Ex-PM Imran Khan’s current political narrative is all about a ‘civil war’. PM Shehbaz Sharif’s current political narrative is all about...
Imran Khan, having lost power, has adopted a strategy of delegitimizing institutions of the state including the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the...
Imran Khan wants to invade Islamabad with his ‘two million’ supporters. Fawad Chaudhry is going on about ‘civil unrest’. Sheikh Rasheed is...
A PM is about policy. A CM is about projects. A policy is “a course or principle of action adopted or proposed” by a PM. A project “is a...
Six days ago he won the support of a majority in parliament. On April 11, he took the oath of office. In his speech he brought up all the important...
A breath of fresh air. A ray of hope. The new government, however, is up against serious challenges. The rupee has lost 50 percent of its value over...
As of August 2021, net reserves with the SBP stood at $20 billion. Net reserves with the SBP have since fallen to $12 billion. Over the past seven...
Alarm bell number 1: Current account deficit. The government’s annual target is $12.9 billion but the recorded deficit for eight months has hit...
Politicians playing their games in the midst of a serious economic crisis has disastrous consequences. On March 9, 2020, Lebanon could not repay a...
