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Anjum Ibrahim

Asad Umer's Round Two
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Asad Umer's Round Two

Finance Minister Asad Umer has been consistently right when he accuses the previous administration of leaving behind an economy in shambles but been consistently wrong in claiming success through giving the right direction to the economy both in the first
Published 28 Jan, 2019 12:00am
The 'bill' lacks clarity
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The 'bill' lacks clarity

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. Asad Umer, in his second innings of the first Test of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf government, presented a supplementary finance bill 2019 that envisages a marked reduction in taxes, maintaining that
Published 24 Jan, 2019 12:00am
The 'bill' lacks clarity
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The 'bill' lacks clarity

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. Asad Umer, in his second innings of the first Test of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf government, presented a supplementary finance bill 2019 that envisages a marked reduction in taxes, maintaining that
Published 24 Jan, 2019 12:00am
Loan sharks
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Loan sharks

Loan sharks are believed to be common enough in the Subcontinent, including Pakistan, and several Indian and Pakistani films base the travails of a poor or a lower middle-income protagonist on a particularly unprepossessing loan shark. There are infrequen
Published 21 Jan, 2019 12:00am
The matter of credible statistics
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The matter of credible statistics

Statistics in Pakistan has been more about claims of achievements with political overtones rather than credible data and unfortunately this is yet another area of activity that has not been given due importance by the Khan administration.
Published 14 Jan, 2019 12:00am
Partly Facetious: 'OTT'?
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Partly Facetious: 'OTT'?

"So what does The Khan reckon is OTT welcome to a delegation that has come bearing gifts..."
Published 08 Jan, 2019 12:00am
Economic diplomacy
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Economic diplomacy

There is an emerging consensus that the Khan administration's economic diplomacy has been extremely successful to-date, if economic diplomacy is defined as incurring loans and procuring oil products on deferred payment, though increasingly claims are bein
Published 07 Jan, 2019 12:00am