Partly Facetious: Thinking out of the box

10 Mar, 2020

"I heard that the Prime Minister is not hands-on with respect to the economy but does read weekly summaries..."

"Ah ha!"

"What? I would have you know that many heads of government are not hands-on and yet their economies run smoothly..."

"Let me say that those heads of government who are not hands-on appoint finance ministers who have the capacity to think out of the box. Need I add his economic team leaders are still struggling to think out of the box; the Box with a capital B is what his team leaders have always remained within, whether it's because of their training as international bureaucrats where out of the box thinking is simply not tolerated or..."

"People like you wouldn't be allowed into the IMF corridors and..."

"Why? Because I can think out of the box?"

"OK, my point is current account deficit is going down and..."

"And so is productivity due to the high rate of interest and with it unemployment is rising and..."

"Ah, so The Khan doesn't know the bad, only the good."

"And that's where the problem lies, The Khan only gets alerted to economic policies that need to be tweaked when price of staples sky rocket and there too he blames the mafia and the..."

"Ah, well so same o same o."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean the PML-N is still defending Ishaq Dar's disastrous policies and..."

"I get it..."

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