Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The ME is smouldering “Uh oh.” “I reckon it’s much more than an uh oh moment. The Middle East is smouldering, but you know I don’t see the... Updated 04 Oct, 2024 08:18am
Opinion Is de-dollarisation on the move **This is the first of a two-part series on de-dollarisation. An exclusive report carried by Business Recorder... Updated 30 Sep, 2024 08:09am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Freud’s theory was that group therapy can be successful “I want to give some advice.” “There is no one here but us chickens, and we cluck and can’t absorb... Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:28am
Opinion In-house instead of out-house reforms Pakistan has received the most International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes (23 to date) than any other country in... Updated 23 Sep, 2024 07:31am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The contest between two deputy prime ministers “So the visiting Russian Deputy Prime Minister said we should resist pressure from the West like New Delhi.”... Published 21 Sep, 2024 06:43am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: COA will be replaced with COD? “Success has many fathers, so stated Irfan Siddiqui from the Nawala group, but failure is an orphan.” “Oh?... Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: South Asians are extremely sensitive people “One has to give due credit to those who teach journalism.” “Right, but their teachings fall by the wayside... Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am
Opinion Fact-check on PML-N claim The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, labelled delays in the International Monetary Fund’s... Updated 16 Sep, 2024 07:46am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Parliament is supreme on paper? “I think there is a need to distinguish between an outright war and a war of words.” “Sticks and stones may... Updated 14 Sep, 2024 07:56am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The Khawaja abandoned his narrative of the day before “There are some narratives that are so flawed that I can’t understand why they not only continue but gain momentum.”... Updated 13 Sep, 2024 07:59am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: ‘I am ideologically on the same side as Harris…’ “I saw the Harris-Trump debate, and you know I don’t quite agree with the analysis by one major US news... Published 12 Sep, 2024 03:48am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The low-hanging fruit were the PTI parliamentarians “What’s your take on all this?” “Well, the rats are away and the…” “Rats? It’s more like playing cops and robbers,... Updated 11 Sep, 2024 08:24am
Opinion An intriguing televised address Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, in a televised address to the nation this Tuesday past claimed that the... Updated 09 Sep, 2024 07:59am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Comparisons must not be between apples and oranges “I would like to give a few examples and then…” “Relating to?” “Relating to restive provinces in a... Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: A culture of freebies or a culture of defeat? “Well, we do have very limited fiscal space, so I would strongly urge…” “Indeed we do and God bless the Sharifs -... Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:24am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Who is the SHO in the Pakistan Cricket Board? “The cricket team…” “Well, The Brown Pope diagnosed a hernia and the patient required an open-heart surgery... Published 05 Sep, 2024 06:19am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Politicians must talk amongst themselves to resolve the deadlock “The airwaves are full of discussions on who is agreeable to negotiating with whom?” “Well, The Man Who Must Remain... Updated 04 Sep, 2024 07:23am
Opinion Stability versus general well-being Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb since he took oath ten days less than six months on 12 March 2024 has... Updated 02 Sep, 2024 07:16am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: Country needs results not a litany of sacrifices… “Terror attacks, horrendously cruel terrorist attacks…” “Right, and the sacrifices made by the law enforcement... Updated 31 Aug, 2024 07:18am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The battle of wills is on again “Ooopsy daisy.” “What?” “Well, like everything in the Land of the Pure, it’s damned if you do and... Published 30 Aug, 2024 06:08am