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Dec 05, 2024 اردو ► PRINT EDITION ► BR MARKETS ► Dollar to PKR ►

Shahab Jafry

Quintessential Riyal Politik
Opinion

Quintessential Riyal Politik

Saudi crown prince and de facto ruler Mohammad bin Salman’s recent interview to Fox TV was a classing exercise in...
Published 28 Sep, 2023 05:33am
Only and only elections…
Opinion

Only and only elections…

Here’s a scenario. The president doubles down on his deadline for the election, the supreme court agrees that it...
Published 21 Sep, 2023 06:08am
Army and the rupee
Opinion

Army and the rupee

An old Indian friend, editor of an international newspaper in the Gulf, asked last week if it was alright to run a...
Updated 14 Sep, 2023 06:28am
It begins…
Opinion

It begins…

Why do you think the only thing to come out of emergency cabinet meetings – to do something about these protests...
Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am
He said, she said…
Opinion

He said, she said…

How hard is all this to untangle, really? The president says he told his staff to return the Official Secrets...
Updated 24 Aug, 2023 06:47am
Return to the gold standard?
Opinion

Return to the gold standard?

Mr Market remembers mid-August as the time when, on 15 August 1971, US President Richard Nixon interrupted the hit ...
Published 17 Aug, 2023 03:49am
Path of maximum uncertainty
Opinion

Path of maximum uncertainty

The market’s given a roaring farewell to the coalition government (up about 20pc since the SBA) but – write this...
Published 10 Aug, 2023 06:35am
Fed doublespeak
Opinion

Fed doublespeak

Traders with long US equity and long dollar positions that laughed all the way to the bank after the Fed’s latest...
Updated 03 Aug, 2023 06:34am
SBA won’t cut it
Opinion

SBA won’t cut it

Fine, it was the single biggest one-day jump in the stock market in 15 years. But is it really that unbelievable,...
Updated 06 Jul, 2023 06:20am
Establishment-e-Pakistan
Opinion

Establishment-e-Pakistan

A big thank you to my sister in Seattle for pointing out that Google translator translates ‘istehkam’ as...
Updated 22 Jun, 2023 06:07am
The Fund strikes back
Opinion

The Fund strikes back

It didn’t take long for the IMF (International Monetary Fund) to red-flag the budget, did it? Just as feared in...
Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:03am
It’s just too late
Opinion

It’s just too late

It’s impossible to reach the state of maximum uncertainty in Pakistan. Two caretaker provincial governments...
Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:30am