Comparisons between the performance of Asad Umar and Dr Hafeez Sheikh are increasingly being made as economic policies have begun to bite the pocketbooks of Pakistanis - not surprisingly the poor more than the rich.
An under-valued rupee, as per data uploaded on State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) website, disturbingly did not feature in the remarks by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the conclusion of its first mission visit to Pakistan since approval of the 6 bill
"I have one suggestion for one person who participated in the star-studded jalsa in Muzaffarabad - the jalsa convened to express solidarity with the Kashmiris in India."
Prime Minister Imran Khan's farm policy announced by Jehangir Tareen flanked by the relevant minister is to increase output through raising the yield per hectare, considerably lower than in India, while his signature poverty alleviation programme envisage
"Welcome to Pakistan, the Medina ki riyasat (Medina administration) and our Prime Minister Imran Khan reckons such a riyasat can be defined as free facilities like education, health and cash support for the unemployed as provided by Western countries..."