Miscellaneous Pakistan’s finmin curse Asad Umar’s removal from the Q-Block is a story bigger than Asad himself; it is also bigger than the PTI and its real or Published 24 Apr, 2019 05:55am
Miscellaneous Selling a purge Communist regimes in the middle-half of the twentieth century were notorious for what Western historians would later lab Published 23 Apr, 2019 06:00am
Miscellaneous Groundwater law: bring it in 21st century Pakistan’s water sector legislative landscape suffers from the disease of extremes: there are either too many competing Published 23 Apr, 2019 05:56am
Miscellaneous Exports — betting on quantity Exports at $17 billion in 9MFY19 – are virtually at the same level where they were in 9MFY18. For a few, it may be worri Published 23 Apr, 2019 05:52am
Miscellaneous Exploring NFC to boost exports It’s not funny when a former minister expresses his helplessness, his “wounds”, over the weaknesses of institutional, or Published 22 Apr, 2019 06:35am
Miscellaneous Ehsaas: the good, the bad, the strange If there is one feeling, screaming out from the government’s Ehsaas document, it is this: PM Khan’s heart may be in the Published 22 Apr, 2019 06:33am
Miscellaneous Hindsight is always 20-20 “Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the Lord to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what Published 22 Apr, 2019 06:24am
Miscellaneous Going, going, gone! With weather around, good cloud cover, and a fast and bouncy pitch – it will always be tough batting first. Tougher, if Published 19 Apr, 2019 06:20am
Miscellaneous The FM sent packing The Finance Minister Asad Umar has quit. Is it a good decision? That will depend on who replaces him. There is little Published 19 Apr, 2019 06:19am
Miscellaneous Fauji earnings: sunshine in a downpour In 1HFY19, cement production and dispatches for Fauji Cement (PSX: FCCL) were down while clinker production and revenues Published 19 Apr, 2019 06:17am
Miscellaneous Dolmen City REIT in 9MFY19 Drawing close to its four years in operations, Dolmen City REIT (PSX: DCR) announced its financial performance for 9MFY1 Published 19 Apr, 2019 06:01am
Miscellaneous Gold succumbs to bears The global economy seems to have steadied ship and the jitters have given way to optimism by market participants. This s Published 18 Apr, 2019 06:20am
Miscellaneous Tax reforms: PTI’s plan of action What’s PTI’s plan of action for tax reforms, and will it really work? These are some of the most asked questions by busi Published 17 Apr, 2019 07:00am
Miscellaneous A crowded bench Political observers in Pakistan are concerned about the outcome of elections in India and consequences of a potential NA Published 17 Apr, 2019 06:37am
Miscellaneous Reading PTI’s economic roadmap A roadmap that does not mention the distance between two points, or, as is in today’s digital world, does not tell you t Published 16 Apr, 2019 06:55am
Miscellaneous Trends in agricultural employment Finally! Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has released its annual compendium (for FY18) on trends in labour market, a Published 16 Apr, 2019 06:48am
Miscellaneous Startups: long-term bet The PTI gave an ambitious plan of creating 10 million jobs in the next five years. However, the economic slowdown has gi Published 15 Apr, 2019 06:41am
Miscellaneous (Not) dealing with zombies If Pakistan’s social and economic problems were to be given the face of a relatable movie character, it would probably b Published 12 Apr, 2019 07:03am
Miscellaneous Exports refuse to rise Imports continue the journey south – hitting a 30-month low of $4.1 billion in March 2019, registering a 21 percent year Published 12 Apr, 2019 06:33am
Miscellaneous CPI rebasing: no more simple averages please! The much awaited rebasing and reassigning of weights for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has reportedly been approved by Published 11 Apr, 2019 06:32am
Miscellaneous Agri-nomics needs stakeholders not consumers Official estimates put the contribution of agriculture sector at no more than one-fifth of Pakistan’s GDP. Yet, commenta Published 11 Apr, 2019 06:27am
Miscellaneous “Ehsas” for the poor After the launch if Insaaf heath cards, the government has recently taken another step in the human capital domain. Unde Published 11 Apr, 2019 06:10am
Miscellaneous Tax amnesty 2019: no place to hide? Never mind PTI’s U-turn on tax amnesties; much has been written about it in this space. (See Tax amnesty: putting the c Updated 10 Apr, 2019 06:58am
Miscellaneous Processed milk – embrace not divorce Pakistan’s economic potential is hidden in agriculture and its value addition. Within it, the dairy sector has significa Published 10 Apr, 2019 05:53am
Miscellaneous Polls apart Observers of Indo-Pak bilateral are eagerly awaiting the make-up of next government in New Delhi. Two days from now, Ind Published 09 Apr, 2019 04:50am
Miscellaneous Correcting inflation computation Inflation expectations are being mismanaged. There are not much demand side inflationary pressures. Inflation is low wor Published 08 Apr, 2019 07:22am
Miscellaneous Khan’s dream team When Imran Khan was rallying for general elections 2018, he promised he has a dream team of 200 people who can fix Pakis Published 08 Apr, 2019 07:17am
Miscellaneous Children and air pollution Look no further than South Asia for a region that will have its children’s’ life shortened the most due to air pollution Published 08 Apr, 2019 07:13am
Miscellaneous Rice: time to adopt SRI Pakistan’s rice is a highly export centric commodity, with an average 60 percent of total domestic production going towa Published 05 Apr, 2019 06:39am
Miscellaneous PTV’s losses: the devil is in the details The good old PTV was under fire this week when the Senate was recently informed that the state-owned national television Published 04 Apr, 2019 06:42am