Vawda’s unfunny joke
What merit has Vawda brought to a ministry that oversees Pakistan's most important natural resource next to natural gas?
Khurram Husain
First quarter developments
The real story begins when you start adding up the numbers to see how much of an improvement there really is.
The year of stability
Economic matters cannot run on autopilot, nor can they be delegated to one or two men.
Economy: Talking the big talk
Will the govt walk the critical walk in 2020?
Power sector sinking
Much hangs in the balance as the govt is tasked with eliminating further accumulation of circular debt.
Gas price bomb
This time utility prices are responding to variables that the inflation forecast has most likely not included.
‘Today you will see how rocks cry’
The magnitude of what had just happened and the enormity of the crime hit home.
Silence of the lambs
It would be a good idea for Shahzad Akbar to soon hold that press conference his government promised he would.
Time to stand down
There is more to the institution of the military than its might and its prestige.
Imran’s corner
Who’s really adding those numbers up anyway these days? This is government by retweet only.
Rotten tomatoes
Creating short-lived growth booms has been the only aim of any government.
Hot air rising
There is one thing that all governments do when they come under pressure. They start throwing about random data points.
Strikes and deficits
Perhaps the snake has shed its skin, or maybe the government has realised who it is really supposed to serve.
SCENES FROM AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
Tens of millions of people are suffocating under the rising tide of inflation and unemployment.
SCENES FROM AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
With the country in the grips of a severe recession, even wealthy businessmen are crying out about the government’s
Chief and the tycoons
What our experience has taught us is that business and industry feel the brunt of this set of policy actions.
Meeting with COAS was cordial: industry leaders
"There was a lot of noise about [the] National Accountability Bureau," one person tells Dawn.
Adjustment and its anxieties
The PM is feeling the heat. He is urging his team members to focus their energy and attention on providing some ‘relief’
Aggravated slowdown
What exactly is the big legacy this government is now working on? Putting opposition politicians in jail?
The new media monitoring cell
Cell will be set up “to monitor economy-related news in the media for immediate rejoinders/ rebuttals/ clarifications”.