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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Lies are outright lies…

“So what do you reckon? Lies, half-truths or full truth - no, no…that simply is not an option.” “In a world...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 06:46am

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Aurangzeb: legitimate expectations?

Expectations are extremely high with the appointment of Muhammad Aurangzeb as finance minister on 11 March 2024 – ...

Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Appointment of yet another revolving finance minister

“I was saddened.” “By what?” “The appointment of yet another revolving finance minister.” “Hey look at...

Published 24 Aug, 2023 06:22am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar doesn’t like qualified economists

“Ishaq Dar says that he has to fix the economy that was mishandled by the inexperienced Khan administration.”...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Journalists and generalists

“We are a nation of generalists.” “I don’t get you.” “We have a law minister who has a commerce degree,...

Published 30 Nov, 2022 05:53am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: ZB does receive some spiritual guidance

“So any lessons learned?” “As a race we Pakistanis are not given to learning any lessons from our mistakes or...

Published 18 Nov, 2022 05:53am

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Has Ishaq Dar lost his magic?

Statesmanship demands maintaining a delicate balance between economy and politics. Unfortunately, the scales world...

Published 24 Oct, 2022 05:45am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Our finance ministers

“We have had five finance ministers, not including The Khan’s Interim man Hammad Azhar, so any commonalities...

Published 15 Oct, 2022 05:38am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: A conspiracy is brewing…

“I have it on good authority that a conspiracy is brewing.” “Against The Khan again! I mean…” ...

Published 01 Jul, 2022 06:13am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: A gag order may work better

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” “That Boy fooled his village people three times right and then was eaten by the...

Published 09 Jun, 2022 06:18am

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Court issues notice to NAB in reference against Hafeez Sheikh

KARACHI: Accountability Court Karachi on Saturday issued notice to the NAB prosecutor in a graft reference against...

Published 29 May, 2022 06:48am

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AC grants interim bail to Hafeez Sheikh

KARACHI: Accountability Court Karachi on Friday granted interim bail to former finance minister Hafeez Sheikh in a...

Published 28 May, 2022 05:11am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Maryam uses daddy’s full name

“Hammad Azhar, our dynamic minister for…for…what’s his latest portfolio?” “Don’t be facetious. You...

Published 07 Dec, 2021 06:29am

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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

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IMF may have its way

EDITORIAL: A Business Recorder exclusive news report has revealed that the government has agreed to pass on the...

Updated 14 Oct, 2021 10:35am

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Defending the budget

EDITORIAL: The statement of PML-N’s Birjees Tahir on the floor of the house that the budget 2021-22 was a “pack...

Published 23 Jun, 2021 04:26am

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Extremely generous Eidi?

The budget 2021-22 can best be described as an extremely generous Eidi to the people of this country: 10 percent...

Updated 12 Jun, 2021 01:43pm

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: The FY21 growth rate

“Hammad Azhar was the first to boast of a 4 percent growth rate…” “So? He is a member of the cabinet.”...

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

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Perhaps the last chance

Prime Minister Imran Khan this week again said that the appointment of Shaukat Tarin as finance minister is aimed at...

Published 22 May, 2021 04:05am

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Finance minister Tarin working harder

It is heartening to learn that the government has successfully devised a strategy to move towards sustainable...

Published 12 May, 2021 04:23am

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Inflation time bomb ticks away

EDITORIAL: That the gap between actual prices of essential food items and rates fixed by district administrations ...

Published 01 May, 2021 03:28am

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Tarin versus Sheikh

The appointment of Shaukat Tarin as federal finance minister is generating considerable controversy particularly in...

Published 26 Apr, 2021 03:29am

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PTI and poverty reduction

EDITORIAL: The prime minister has come to the correct conclusion, perhaps a little late in the day, that the success...

Published 24 Apr, 2021 03:21am

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Putting a lid on inflation

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Hammad Azhar is right to make rising inflation his top priority right at the start. It...

Published 11 Apr, 2021 05:27am

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Ghulam Ishaq Khan was extremely good at market dynamics

Like his predecessors, new finance minister Hammad Azhar has ordered a slew of steps aimed at arresting the alarming...

Published 09 Apr, 2021 04:51am

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Partly Facetious: Politics a big gamble

“There is something about overplaying one’s hands that leads you to defeat.” “I am not sure which card game...

Published 08 Apr, 2021 04:10am

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Hafeez Sheikh – a final farewell?

Dr Hafeez Sheikh was dismissed on 29 March 2021, ten and a half weeks before completing the six month tenure as the...

Updated 05 Apr, 2021 10:42am

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In defence of Dr Hafeez Sheikh — II

But how ironic it is that Asad Umar who lost finance portfolio for opposing the IMF programme or its harsh...

Published 02 Apr, 2021 04:58am

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In defence of Dr Hafeez Sheikh — I

This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial “Hafeez Sheikh: ignominious exit” carried by the newspaper...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: Hafeez, too, tested positive for Covid-19

“Now that Hafeez Sheikh has departed…” “He is still in the country I reckon – packing.” “May I tell...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am