Khurram Husain
Today, the ghosts of the past are rising up to haunt the country all over again.
Updated 28 Mar, 2024 10:28am
Clawing back the NFC Award is tantamount to the state cannibalising itself to try and get out of a fiscal straitjacket.
Updated 21 Mar, 2024 09:04am
The new finance chief is about to walk into a minefield on at least two issues: interest rates and energy prices.
Updated 14 Mar, 2024 02:17pm
The markets, for the most part, see political risk subsiding after the elections.
Updated 07 Mar, 2024 09:32am
Limited fiscal and foreign exchange space means the new PM will have very limited room to buy back the votes his party lost.
Updated 29 Feb, 2024 10:27am
There is no sense in trying to minimise the fact that Imran Khan has established a powerful connection with the electorate.
Updated 22 Feb, 2024 10:10am
Whatever happens, it is critical that Ishaq Dar is not made finance minister again.
Updated 15 Feb, 2024 10:48am
The endless trail of hybrid regimes must end today.
Updated 08 Feb, 2024 10:52am
The message Nawaz is sending out is to climb onto his bandwagon, because soon it will be the only show in town.
Updated 01 Feb, 2024 10:12am
What the indicators will not tell us, is whether a serious problem is growing inside.
Updated 25 Jan, 2024 09:56am
Real leadership in any organisation is about removing orphaned disputes from the system.
Updated 18 Jan, 2024 01:58pm
The return of policy coherence can only happen under a govt not hobbled by legitimacy concerns.
Updated 11 Jan, 2024 09:09am
He was among the newcomers who believed the country needed to change.
Published 04 Jan, 2024 08:07am
While default was staved off in 2023, inflationary pressure remained high.
Published 01 Jan, 2024 08:52am
Year 2024 is when a new window of opportunity will open to reckon with all ailments that brought us to this pass.
Updated 28 Dec, 2023 09:12am
Today, almost a quarter of the gas consumed in the country is imported.
Updated 21 Dec, 2023 08:46am
Most of the increase at the stock market is coming from adjustments in prices, not innovation or economic dynamism..
Updated 14 Dec, 2023 08:37am
There are two large options all policymakers face when they come to power in an economy such as this one.
Updated 07 Dec, 2023 09:34am
This period of calm is only there to build upon, not to settle down in.
Updated 30 Nov, 2023 08:59am
No sacrifice worth the name is being made by the rich, not in terms of their earnings, or their consumption habits.
Updated 23 Nov, 2023 08:44am