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Anjum Ibrahim

Umar versus Sheikh
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Umar versus Sheikh

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.
Updated 30 Sep, 2019 05:59am
Partly Facetious: Massive malfeasance
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Partly Facetious: Massive malfeasance

"In a special audit of the first two editions of the Pakistan Super League, the Auditor General of Pakistan pointed out massive irregularities."
Updated 26 Sep, 2019 07:32am
Something is rotten...
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Something is rotten...

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
Updated 23 Sep, 2019 05:39am
PTI's farm and housing policy
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PTI's farm and housing policy

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
Updated 16 Sep, 2019 07:33am
Partly Facetious : Houses for the homeless
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Partly Facetious : Houses for the homeless

"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..."
Updated 14 Sep, 2019 09:19am
Data mining
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Data mining

Data mining by governments is not unusual however Pakistani administrations, and to be more precise Pakistani finance ministers, have routinely engaged in this exercise - some considerably more than others.
Published 02 Sep, 2019 12:00am