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'IMF second review'
Opinion

'IMF second review'

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed "IMF second review" carried by the newspaper yesterday. The author, Dr Hafiz A Pasha, has deeply analysed the press release issued by the IMF mission at the end of global lending agency's staff review of th
Published 19 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Article 6
Opinion

Article 6

Article 6 of Constitution of Pakistan appears to have been turned into a joke by our politicians. Prime Minister Imran Khan has underscored the need for trying JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman under this constitutional provision. In a tit-for-tat respons
Published 17 Feb, 2020 12:00am
The Maulana
Opinion

The Maulana

That Business Recorder op-ed writer Rashed Rahman is a politically astute individual is a fact; he writes with conviction, in fact genuine conviction. In his latest op-ed "Maulana's 'assurance'" carried by the newspaper yesterday, he has made some
Published 12 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Where are David Miliband, others?
Opinion

Where are David Miliband, others?

'Hindu radical fires at anti-BJP government protesters': It was a breaking news on India's multiple TV channels on Saturday. A Hindu nationalist opened fire at an anti-government protest in India's capital on Saturday, just days after an armed teenager sh
Published 06 Feb, 2020 12:00am
'Economy: the speech we won't hear'
Opinion

'Economy: the speech we won't hear'

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed "Economy: the speech we won't hear" carried by the newspaper yesterday. The writer, Shabir Ahmed, has articulated a highly informed argument about the performance of PTI government. Not only is he objective
Published 31 Jan, 2020 12:00am
'Battle of diplomacy'
Opinion

'Battle of diplomacy'

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed "Battle of diplomacy" carried by the newspaper yesterday. The writer, Andleeb Abbas, seems to have made an unfair comment on the role of country's media in relation to PTI government's decision to boycott t
Published 21 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Rising food inflation
Opinion

Rising food inflation

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed "Food inflation rises to 22pc!" carried by the newspaper on Tuesday. The writer, Dr Hafiz A Pasha, has highlighted a highly significant aspect of rising food inflation. According to him, for example, "The c
Published 16 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Padukone's silent protest
Opinion

Padukone's silent protest

That Bollywood superstar Deepika Padukone is different from other actors and actresses is a fact. Her sudden appearance at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student protest has clearly galvanised Bollywood opposition to BJP government's Hindu rash
Updated 13 Jan, 2020 06:52am
Trump pushing US to WWIII
Opinion

Trump pushing US to WWIII

There was a sea of mourners in Iran's capital where Iran's leaders joined massive crowds for the funeral procession of Qassem Soleimani assassinated by the US. There is no doubt about the fact that the killing was the most dramatic escalation yet in spira
Published 07 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Russia's assault on Idlib
Opinion

Russia's assault on Idlib

Russia's response to Syrian rebellion is highly questionable. Moscow has now certainly gone overboard after it intervened in the Syrian civil war in 2015. That is why perhaps several hundred Turkish and Syrian protesters held an anti-Russia demonstration
Published 31 Dec, 2019 12:00am
IMF is no solution
Opinion

IMF is no solution

It is quite true that the IMF is no solution. Business Recorder writer M Ziauddin in his latest op-ed for the newspaper has built up a strong case against this global lending agency. According to him, "Argentina, Egypt and Pakistan are some of the
Updated 27 Dec, 2019 08:41am
'Musharraf's sentence'
Opinion

'Musharraf's sentence'

This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial "Musharraf's sentence" carried by the newspaper yesterday. I fully endorse the newspaper's conclusion that "When historians look back at this judgement in 2019, they could be tempted to cast it as a tur
Updated 20 Dec, 2019 05:04am
Protests across India's campuses
Opinion

Protests across India's campuses

Little did the BJP government know that its another highly controversial and anti-Muslim move will backfire in such a violent manner as protests over a new Indian citizenship law based on religion have spread to students campuses in various states. The Na
Updated 18 Dec, 2019 08:07am
'Rising poverty'
Opinion

'Rising poverty'

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed "Rising poverty" carried by the newspaper yesterday. The writer, Dr Hafiz A Pasha, in his conclusion, has argued that "The tragedy is that the incidence of poverty in Pakistan may be back to the level that
Updated 11 Dec, 2019 06:34am
IMF lending and democracy
Opinion

IMF lending and democracy

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed "Inequality: the gaping hole in IMF template" carried by the newspaper yesterday. The writer, Shabir Ahmed, has advanced a highly informed argument on the current IMF programme. According to him, "With luck
Updated 06 Dec, 2019 07:25am
'What constitutes a responsible government?'
Opinion

'What constitutes a responsible government?'

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed "What constitutes a responsible government?" carried by the newspaper yesterday. The publication of a write-up on this subject has, in a way, brought under the spotlight the army chief's tenure extension is
Updated 28 Nov, 2019 11:05am
Why he gives a nonchalant shrug?
Opinion

Why he gives a nonchalant shrug?

This is apropos a Business Recorder news item "Obvious signs of turnaround emerge: Hafeez" carried by the newspaper on Sunday. According to it, "Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has said 'dark days are that behind us' as obv
Updated 19 Nov, 2019 10:39am
'FATF and global politics'
Opinion

'FATF and global politics'

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed "FATF and global politics" carried by the newspaper yesterday. The writer has rightly highlighted a fact in relation to China and its approach to regional and global issues. It is quite true that rarely doe
Updated 12 Nov, 2019 10:41am
Fazl struggling to preserve reputation, credibility
Opinion

Fazl struggling to preserve reputation, credibility

Maulana Fazlur Rahman has accused Imran Khan of taking power last year with the help of the military. Not only has Imran denied the accusations, the army has also rejected such allegations quite strongly. It was only on Monday that the army put its entire
Published 06 Nov, 2019 12:00am
The present-day Iraq
Opinion

The present-day Iraq

Whatever happening in Iraq at this point in time presents, among other things, a sardonic comment on woefully poor governance which is strongly characterized by rising corruption and absence of meritocracy.
Updated 31 Oct, 2019 11:20am