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Anjum Ibrahim

External debt trap: the way out?
Opinion

External debt trap: the way out?

Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) in government has taken a u-turn on several of its pre-election manifesto pledges in its sixteen months in power with the prime minister publicly acknowledging that he became the prime minister by taking a u-turn, perhaps a
Updated 10 Dec, 2019 06:39am
Partly Facetious : 'Abdul Public'?
Opinion

Partly Facetious : 'Abdul Public'?

"The Khan reckons that all is well and the problem is the failure of around 20 plus disseminators, read those dealing with the media, unable to convey to Abdul Public that his administration is doing an exemplary job in all areas of government activity an
Updated 06 Dec, 2019 07:07am
CPEC: Good or bad for Pakistan?
Opinion

CPEC: Good or bad for Pakistan?

Ambassador Alice Wells, a frequent visitor to Pakistan in her capacity as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, made some remarks at the renowned Woodrow Wilson Center on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that were promptly
Updated 02 Dec, 2019 05:01am
Partly Facetious : 'NP' discrimination
Opinion

Partly Facetious : 'NP' discrimination

"If I have a legal problem then I listen to my lawyer, if there is a medical problem I listen to the doctor, and if my tooth is hurting I go to the dentist..."
Published 26 Nov, 2019 12:00am
Good or bad news on state of economy
Opinion

Good or bad news on state of economy

Prime Minister Imran Khan has repeatedly appreciated the efforts of his economic team, led by Dr Hafeez Sheikh his Advisor on Finance and Dr Reza Baqir, Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP); more recently he gloated about the current account surplus, to
Updated 25 Nov, 2019 10:52am
Good or bad news on state of economy
Opinion

Good or bad news on state of economy

Prime Minister Imran Khan has repeatedly appreciated the efforts of his economic team, led by Dr Hafeez Sheikh his Advisor on Finance and Dr Reza Baqir, Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP); more recently he gloated about the current account surplus, to
Updated 25 Nov, 2019 05:42am
Partly Facetious: The end of his moustache is tad lower
Opinion

Partly Facetious: The end of his moustache is tad lower

"I would just like to bring it to the notice of The Khan that all is not lost in spite of appallingly poor economic data with respect to what matters to the public - inflation, utility prices, unemployment levels, and he can still make amends and..."
Updated 19 Nov, 2019 10:30am
IMF loan a bitter pill: the bitter truth
Opinion

IMF loan a bitter pill: the bitter truth

Pakistan is a perennial borrower of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reflected by the fact that in our 72-year history the ongoing programme is the 23rd with an average duration of 3 years each (the current one is for 39 months), though not all were
Updated 18 Nov, 2019 07:06am