From stabilisation of the external sector to securing a bailout loan, some complex tasks await the next regime. Updated Jun 21, 2018 11:10am

Keeping the exchange rate imprisoned within a narrow band is very bad economic policy. Updated Jun 14, 2018 08:20am

One small thing going wrong in one place can send consequences cascading through the entire power system. Updated Jun 07, 2018 07:53am

The jihadi establishment is a tragedy. After decades of nurturing, it gave us deadly suicide bombings. Updated May 31, 2018 08:22am

It would be great if other parties could give us something to compare with Khan’s agenda. Published May 24, 2018 06:55am

When trolls come into power, they have a built-in interest in keeping the population armed only with a little learning. Published May 17, 2018 07:34am

Let’s put it in plain words first: there is no $4.9bn worth of remittances going from Pakistan to India. Updated May 10, 2018 11:13am

The new water policy merely skirts around the challenges that confront our water economy. Updated May 03, 2018 09:38am

Defence spending does not produce an economic boost because the ‘military industrial complex’ in Pakistan is very small. Updated Apr 26, 2018 11:43am

This year the thinking is very astute, and very short term: put money directly into people’s pockets. Updated Apr 19, 2018 02:08pm

Cutting off supplies to press for payment is tantamount to holding the entire city hostage to a single payment dispute. Published Apr 12, 2018 09:52am

It is dismaying to see how their efforts have been ignored by big mainstream political parties and mainstream media. Published Apr 08, 2018 05:03pm

Scepticism prevails in aftermath of PM's announcement of a new tax amnesty for undeclared wealth in Pakistan or abroad. Updated Apr 06, 2018 09:48am

Traders refused to avail the scheme, and by the time the first deadline passed, only 2,500 traders had supposedly signed Updated Apr 05, 2018 10:08am

K-Electric and SSGC stand-off causes 500MW power shortfall in metropolis. Published Mar 30, 2018 09:18am

What appeared to be a relatively stable external financing situation last summer today looks like a dismal path to Updated Mar 29, 2018 02:53pm

It is impossible to know what the funds were going to be used for. What we know is that a demand had come. Updated Mar 22, 2018 10:14am

Beneath the surface, we see other indications that something larger than a regional flashpoint and a few irritants might Published Mar 08, 2018 02:31am

Ankara’s refusal to grant GSP+ status at heart of simmering dispute. Updated Mar 03, 2018 10:05am

Consider what this means: a fully legalised and officially sanctioned policy of ‘benign neglect’ towards a clear racket. Published Mar 01, 2018 07:07am