Zeeshan Haider

Zeeshan Haider

  • 'Killers' of Karachi gold medallist arrested in Balochistan

    'Killers' of Karachi gold medallist arrested in Balochistan

    CIA sources confirm arrests; senior SSU official says police teams present in Balochistan for investigation

  • Chinese concerns

    The terrorist attack targeting Chinese working on the Dasu dam should serve as a wake-up call for everyone who matters in Pakistan.

  • Daunting task

    Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin sounded upbeat after talking to IMF officials to soften up their calls for stringent measures by Pakistan to fully...

  • ‘Populist’ budget

    Without going into the debate when the next elections will be held, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, for all practical purposes has given an...

  • ‘Budgeting in uncertainty’

    The finance ministry babus and other government officials must be holding meetings behind closed doors in Islamabad to firm up proposals for the...

  • Putting house in order

    The fuss over who would lead the economic team and whether Pakistan should resume trade ties with India has exposed the poor thought process and...

  • Slow-paced accountability

    Last year, a big petroleum crisis struck Pakistan when, all of a sudden, petrol disappeared from most of the filling stations across the country.

  • As economy takes a backseat

    The defeat of Finance Minister Abdul Hafiz Sheikh in the senate elections at the hands of joint opposition candidate and former prime minister Yusuf...

  • Fighting corruption!

    A noisy debate has been raging between the government and its opponents as well as in the national and social media does Pakistan stand in combating...

  • Reining in food inflation

    Prime Minister Imran Khan keeps the nation updated on the achievements of his economic team through his twitter.

  • Chabahar again?

    A few months back Iran dropped India from a major railway link connecting its strategic Chahabar deep sea port to its Zahedan province on border...

  • Consolidating economic gains!

    Prime Minister Imran Khan and members of his economic team regularly report weekly and monthly economic indicators to reassure the nation that the...

  • Prices on the rise

    Prime Minister Imran Khan at the weekend tweeted a Reuters story on food inflation in India.

  • Dwindling national savings

    For low income countries like Pakistan, national savings are vital for the economic growth.

  • Inflation genie

    A joke has gone viral on social media to explain the government’s helplessness in controlling the price hike.

  • Boosting exports: a challenge

    Prime Minister’s Advisor on Commerce Abdul Razaq Dawood last week reported a slight increase in the country’s exports for September.

  • Grave challenges!

    The disease COVID-19 caused by the new coronavirus has not been eliminated, but it no longer dominates international news headlines.

  • Revitalising Karachi

    Karachi, the financial lifeline of Pakistan, was hit by one of the worst floods in its history.

  • Sensitive matters

    Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has just returned from a highly important trip of China where he co-chaired the second round of China-Pakistan...

  • Premature excitement!

    In literal sense, the government has declared victory in the first round of fight against the new coronavirus.