PARTLY FACETIOUS: Lies are outright lies… Published 03 Aug, 2024 06:46am “So what do you reckon? Lies, half-truths or full truth - no, no…that simply is not an option.” “In a world...
Aurangzeb: legitimate expectations? Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am Expectations are extremely high with the appointment of Muhammad Aurangzeb as finance minister on 11 March 2024 – ...
PARTLY FACETIOUS: Appointment of yet another revolving finance minister Published 24 Aug, 2023 06:22am “I was saddened.” “By what?” “The appointment of yet another revolving finance minister.” “Hey look at...
PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar doesn’t like qualified economists Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am “Ishaq Dar says that he has to fix the economy that was mishandled by the inexperienced Khan administration.”...
PARTLY FACETIOUS: Journalists and generalists Published 30 Nov, 2022 05:53am “We are a nation of generalists.” “I don’t get you.” “We have a law minister who has a commerce degree,...
PARTLY FACETIOUS: ZB does receive some spiritual guidance Published 18 Nov, 2022 05:53am “So any lessons learned?” “As a race we Pakistanis are not given to learning any lessons from our mistakes or...
Has Ishaq Dar lost his magic? Published 24 Oct, 2022 05:45am Statesmanship demands maintaining a delicate balance between economy and politics. Unfortunately, the scales world...
PARTLY FACETIOUS: Our finance ministers Published 15 Oct, 2022 05:38am “We have had five finance ministers, not including The Khan’s Interim man Hammad Azhar, so any commonalities...
PARTLY FACETIOUS: A conspiracy is brewing… Published 01 Jul, 2022 06:13am “I have it on good authority that a conspiracy is brewing.” “Against The Khan again! I mean…” ...
PARTLY FACETIOUS: A gag order may work better Published 09 Jun, 2022 06:18am “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” “That Boy fooled his village people three times right and then was eaten by the...
Court issues notice to NAB in reference against Hafeez Sheikh Published 29 May, 2022 06:48am KARACHI: Accountability Court Karachi on Saturday issued notice to the NAB prosecutor in a graft reference against...
AC grants interim bail to Hafeez Sheikh Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am KARACHI: Accountability Court Karachi on Friday granted interim bail to former finance minister Hafeez Sheikh in a...
PARTLY FACETIOUS: Maryam uses daddy’s full name Published 07 Dec, 2021 06:29am “Hammad Azhar, our dynamic minister for…for…what’s his latest portfolio?” “Don’t be facetious. You...
Markets really hate uncertainty Updated 11 Nov, 2021 01:13pm Markets across Asia rallied on Tuesday as Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Singapore, Wellington, Taipei, Manila...
IMF may have its way Updated 14 Oct, 2021 10:35am EDITORIAL: A Business Recorder exclusive news report has revealed that the government has agreed to pass on the...
Defending the budget Published 23 Jun, 2021 04:26am EDITORIAL: The statement of PML-N’s Birjees Tahir on the floor of the house that the budget 2021-22 was a “pack...
Extremely generous Eidi? Updated 12 Jun, 2021 01:43pm The budget 2021-22 can best be described as an extremely generous Eidi to the people of this country: 10 percent...
PARTLY FACETIOUS: The FY21 growth rate Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am “Hammad Azhar was the first to boast of a 4 percent growth rate…” “So? He is a member of the cabinet.”...
Perhaps the last chance Published 22 May, 2021 04:05am Prime Minister Imran Khan this week again said that the appointment of Shaukat Tarin as finance minister is aimed at...
Finance minister Tarin working harder Published 12 May, 2021 04:23am It is heartening to learn that the government has successfully devised a strategy to move towards sustainable...
Inflation time bomb ticks away Published 01 May, 2021 03:28am EDITORIAL: That the gap between actual prices of essential food items and rates fixed by district administrations ...
Tarin versus Sheikh Published 26 Apr, 2021 03:29am The appointment of Shaukat Tarin as federal finance minister is generating considerable controversy particularly in...
PTI and poverty reduction Published 24 Apr, 2021 03:21am EDITORIAL: The prime minister has come to the correct conclusion, perhaps a little late in the day, that the success...
Putting a lid on inflation Published 11 Apr, 2021 05:27am EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Hammad Azhar is right to make rising inflation his top priority right at the start. It...
Ghulam Ishaq Khan was extremely good at market dynamics Published 09 Apr, 2021 04:51am Like his predecessors, new finance minister Hammad Azhar has ordered a slew of steps aimed at arresting the alarming...
Partly Facetious: Politics a big gamble Published 08 Apr, 2021 04:10am “There is something about overplaying one’s hands that leads you to defeat.” “I am not sure which card game...
Hafeez Sheikh – a final farewell? Updated 05 Apr, 2021 10:42am Dr Hafeez Sheikh was dismissed on 29 March 2021, ten and a half weeks before completing the six month tenure as the...
In defence of Dr Hafeez Sheikh — II Published 02 Apr, 2021 04:58am But how ironic it is that Asad Umar who lost finance portfolio for opposing the IMF programme or its harsh...
In defence of Dr Hafeez Sheikh — I Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial “Hafeez Sheikh: ignominious exit” carried by the newspaper...
PARTLY FACETIOUS: Hafeez, too, tested positive for Covid-19 Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am “Now that Hafeez Sheikh has departed…” “He is still in the country I reckon – packing.” “May I tell...