Opinion Fine points about new amnesty scheme Having failed to honour his word and bring back all the wealth looted from the country and stashed in foreign... Published 03 Mar, 2022 04:39am
Opinion Once upon a fault line Few people would’ve noticed the irony in the PM going to the Moscow and the Credit Suisse expose, the ‘Suisse... Published 24 Feb, 2022 06:34am
Opinion ‘Bread and circuses’ Roman poet Juvenal coined the famous phrase ‘bread and circuses’ to describe how the republic’s elite used ... Published 17 Feb, 2022 06:37am
Opinion Govt’s only option despite Fund squeeze: Expansionary budget When it rains, it pours. Financial as well as political pressures are clearly combining to leave the government with... Published 10 Feb, 2022 04:40am
Opinion Was all this really about the SBP bill? Let’s just try and remember that the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) Amendment Bill was about the state bank,... Published 03 Feb, 2022 04:02am
Opinion When the emperor has no clothes I remember once being lucky enough to squeeze into a talk, midway or thereabout, in Dubai by the late great Middle... Updated 27 Jan, 2022 10:49pm
Opinion Cozying up to Comrade Putin? Prime Minister Imran Khan should be careful, as he cozies up to Russian President Vladimir Putin, that he doesn’t... Published 20 Jan, 2022 04:21am
Opinion Art of the impossible There’s something in the argument, even if it’s been disproved by most analysts and thinkers, that a weak ... Published 13 Jan, 2022 07:17am
Opinion ‘Omicron’s in the rear-view mirror’ After spooking financial markets and swinging the pendulum from greed to fear once again, the Omicron variant of the... Published 06 Jan, 2022 04:13am
Opinion A Pyrrhic victory if there was one IMF’s ‘prior conditions’ have become the government’ biggest problem just when it is facing its toughest ... Published 30 Dec, 2021 04:40am
Opinion Broken record policy State Bank Governor Dr Reza Baqir must know something that a lot of other people do not. Not experts, analysts,... Published 23 Dec, 2021 04:23am
Opinion Questions the MPC didn’t answer There were no surprises at all in the MPC (Monetary Policy Committee) meeting. Parts of the market tilted towards a... Published 16 Dec, 2021 04:00am
Opinion When Omicron felt good Nobody will admit it, but you can be sure that the emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus made some... Published 09 Dec, 2021 04:29am
Opinion Petrodollars to the rescue? You can bet that somebody in the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) had a good laugh at the way the Pakistani stock... Published 02 Dec, 2021 03:57am
Opinion Bailout programme in the bag? Excuse the stock market for not saluting the staff-level agreement with the IMF (International Monetary Fund),... Published 24 Nov, 2021 05:18am
Opinion EM currencies: King dollar brings bad news The money market didn’t take Shaukat Tarin’s assurance about the IMF (International Monetary Fund) programme ... Published 18 Nov, 2021 03:58am
Opinion Markets really hate uncertainty Markets across Asia rallied on Tuesday as Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Singapore, Wellington, Taipei, Manila... Updated 11 Nov, 2021 01:13pm
Opinion Global growth or stagflation? Traders began this November, historically the best month for equities, by largely stepping out of the market because... Published 04 Nov, 2021 04:32am
Opinion Saudi deal, riyal politik, and… Financial markets saluted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s move to secure yet another bailout package from Saudi Arabia... Published 28 Oct, 2021 04:06am
Opinion Good luck with the rupee It’s one thing to admit that very crucial talks with the IMF (International Monetary Fund) have broken down for ... Published 21 Oct, 2021 04:38am
