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Anjum Ibrahim

Sugar under greater focus
Opinion

Sugar under greater focus

While the poor and the vulnerable continue to grapple with the serious implications of the Coronavirus that has compromised their ability to feed their families prompting the government to disburse cash to meet their daily needs the media and peoples' rep
Published 13 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Partly Facetious: A scientific approach?
Opinion

Partly Facetious: A scientific approach?

"The Khan administration, I will have ye all of little faith know, is assessing the on-the-ground situation every day before tweaking if required its strategy on a daily basis on how to deal with the Coronavirus..."
Published 11 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Spending without due process not advised
Opinion

Spending without due process not advised

Primary deficit of 0.6 percent with singular lack of focus on the fiscal deficit (7.2 percent was set as the target for 2019-20 - identical to what the authorities erroneously claimed was the projected deficit for 2018-19) was an International Monetary Fu
Published 06 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Discount rate at 11 percent - is that enough? - II
Opinion

Discount rate at 11 percent - is that enough? - II

The reported claim by the SBP Governor and Dr Hafeez Sheikh that the main selling point for a high discount rate is its linkage to the rate payable by the National Savings Centres (NSCs) to domestic savers (widows and pensioners) is also challengeable. Tr
Published 01 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Discount rate at 11pc - is that enough? - I
Opinion

Discount rate at 11pc - is that enough? - I

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting chaired by Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Dr Reza Baqir held on 17 March 2020 decided to reduce the discount rate by 75 basis points drawing the ire of industrialists and economists alike who cited the ne
Published 30 Mar, 2020 12:00am
Partly Facetious : The Covid-19 challenge
Opinion

Partly Facetious : The Covid-19 challenge

"The Prime Minister should have informed the nation that the military had been called in aid of civil institutions to ensure that his directions were being followed by the public. I mean in a democracy..."
Published 25 Mar, 2020 12:00am