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Apr 19, 2024 اردو ► PRINT EDITION ► BR MARKETS ► Dollar to PKR ►

Anjum Ibrahim

Partly Facetious : The Covid-19 challenge
Opinion

Partly Facetious : The Covid-19 challenge

"The Prime Minister should have informed the nation that the military had been called in aid of civil institutions to ensure that his directions were being followed by the public. I mean in a democracy..."
Published 25 Mar, 2020 12:00am
State of the economy
Opinion

State of the economy

The debate on a charter of economy has resurfaced as the burden on the common man in terms of erosion of the rupee domestically (inflation rate remains at over 12 percent) and internationally (the rupee reached a high of 159 rupees to the dollar this week
Published 16 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Inflation on a downward trajectory
Opinion

Inflation on a downward trajectory

Nothing can erode a political government's popularity faster than a rise in inflation accompanied by an income raise lower than the rate of inflation. While the Khan-led administration did take politically extremely exigent decisions, many of which were c
Published 09 Mar, 2020 12:00am
The rationale for high discount rate
Opinion

The rationale for high discount rate

The insistence by the State Bank of Pakistan to keep the discount rate at 13.25 percent since 20 July 2019, which implies a two to three percentage point higher lending rate by commercial banks, continues to generate controversy within the productive sect
Published 02 Mar, 2020 12:00am