Opinion Everybody’ll want the establishment back If you’ve followed Pakistani politics for two-and-a-half decades, especially as a journalist, you’ll understand that... Published 29 Dec, 2022 05:59am
Opinion Another action plan? Why did the prime minister feel the need for another “national action plan” when he vowed to deal with terrorism... Published 22 Dec, 2022 05:57am
Opinion Here comes another war Counterinsurgency (COIN) 101 will tell you that once a beaten insurgent force is able to sneak out of the warzone ... Published 15 Dec, 2022 06:35am
Opinion Doesn’t matter who is/becomes FM SBP’s (State Bank of Pakistan’s) surprise 100 basis point increase in its key policy rate (to a 24-year high of... Updated 01 Dec, 2022 06:07am
Opinion Sleepwalking into default It’s pretty clear that the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf) government will not stop agitating for an early ... Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am
Opinion Dar sb waits, and waits Finance Minister Ishaq Dar must have spent the last few days, since the zero-interest surprise disappeared from the... Updated 17 Nov, 2022 06:28am
Opinion Some questions for PTI walas Is it just me or has someone else also noticed how the cowardly and condemnable attack on Imran Khan has shocked the... Published 10 Nov, 2022 06:15am
Opinion Democracy hasn’t worked either A lot of young people high on revolution as they march towards Islamabad on Imran Khan’s bandwagon don’t seem to... Published 03 Nov, 2022 05:50am
Opinion Dar’s charm wearing off? It appears that Finance Minister’s charm is wearing off, but not before fooling the people and even the markets... Published 27 Oct, 2022 05:54am
Opinion Between Riyadh and Washington Islamabad could have watched comfortably from the side as the historic US-Saudi security-for-oil deal of 77 years... Published 20 Oct, 2022 05:36am
Opinion ‘Classic case of good news is bad news’ Every day in the markets is a trip to school these days. Last week began with hopes of the Federal Reserve pivoting... Published 13 Oct, 2022 05:59am
Opinion After the ‘oil price closet of anxieties’ Finance Minister Ishaq Dar sure looked pretty and no doubt also felt very good as he cut oil prices to announce his... Published 06 Oct, 2022 05:59am
Opinion Dar-dollar parity? Really? What’s all this fuss about (former finance minister) Isahq Dar and the dollar? And why did markets, both equity ... Published 29 Sep, 2022 05:54am
Opinion We have met the enemy… One would think that it couldn’t get any worse for a country overwhelmed by unprecedented political polarisation... Published 22 Sep, 2022 05:48am
Opinion No way around another recession? This is turning out to be a sombre week for international markets as they digest the upside August inflation ... Published 15 Sep, 2022 05:57am
Opinion Sleepwalking into a nightmare While the Pakistani press was too occupied with the latest storm unleashed by Imran Khan’s latest controversial... Published 08 Sep, 2022 05:43am
Opinion Elephant in the courtroom The devastation from the floods has taken the shine off the resumption of the IMF (International Monetary Fund)... Published 01 Sep, 2022 05:50am
Opinion Because Imran said so The social media rush that shares the front line with Imran Khan’s legions on the streets in his war against... Published 25 Aug, 2022 06:09am
Opinion Annus horribilis? Mr Market clearly didn’t need more than a minute to believe Finance Minister Miftah Ismail when he said that the... Updated 18 Aug, 2022 03:06pm
Opinion ‘Future ain’t what it used to be’ If political and economic crises feeding off of and into each other tend to characterize the last gasps of dying... Updated 04 Aug, 2022 11:47am