Opinion No surprise in the surprise visit The only surprise in the IMF team’s surprise visit to Pakistan this week was that it took the trouble to jolt the... Updated 14 Nov, 2024 07:15am
Opinion Iran’s daring gambit Far from making Israel’s northern Galilee region inhabitable again – Netanyahu’s rationale for expanding the... Published 24 Oct, 2024 07:03am
Opinion The clock ticks to Israel’s reply The panic attack in the crude oil market must have lit up Sleepy Joe’s phone with frantic calls from the Treasury as... Published 10 Oct, 2024 03:15am
Opinion Bibi gets the war he wanted I said and I said, even sneaked it into editorials where the editor has the last say, that Iran would most ... Updated 03 Oct, 2024 07:27am
Opinion We, ‘those’ people Now I’m told that this ugly executive-judiciary fight threatens to unravel the sacrosanct “balance between... Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am
Opinion ‘Action is approaching’? You know you’re following the right journalists, amid all the noise and international media hijack of the Gaza... Published 19 Sep, 2024 06:37am
Opinion The wait-and-wait novelty So, another week has passed and there’s still no update about the fate of the IMF bailout programme – except ... Published 05 Sep, 2024 06:19am
Opinion Moody’s says so If Moody’s says so, then it’s got to be true. Delivering Pakistan a precious feather-in-the-cap upgrade at this... Updated 29 Aug, 2024 11:00am
Opinion Poverty trap – ‘terrible thing’ or ...? You don’t have to be a finance professor at Princeton to understand that Pakistan is indeed “stuck in a poverty... Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am
Opinion Middle class is in deep recession What good is a 3.2 percent GDP growth rate next year and inflation dropping below 10 percent in FY25 to someone... Updated 15 Aug, 2024 06:52am
Opinion Gods of finance and the ‘great unwind’ Nobody puts it all together quite like Bloomberg columnist John Authers, who described the recent financial market... Published 08 Aug, 2024 06:22am
Opinion When did Noah build the Ark? It’s very normal, and natural, for milestones like the SLA (Staff-Level Agreement) to be followed by a barrage of... Updated 25 Jul, 2024 07:20am
Opinion ‘Nationwide protests’? It seems the mainstream press is finally waking up to the social implications of the new tax regime. So far it’s... Published 11 Jul, 2024 05:51am
Opinion Year of global shockwaves We’re only halfway through the year, and already 2024 has produced more high-voltage political shockwaves than any... Published 04 Jul, 2024 06:28am
Opinion Wider, uglier war inevitable? My heart goes out to my Lebanese friends and their families as they get in line to become cannon fodder for the next... Updated 27 Jun, 2024 07:12am
Opinion Market lesson in India’s election How instructive to watch the cold, ruthless logic of the market at play around the Indian election. It turns out ... Updated 30 May, 2024 06:53am
Opinion Yes-man democracy Why all the fuss about dragging Ayub Khan out of his grave just to get at Omar Ayub Khan? The man has every right to... Updated 23 May, 2024 05:49am
Opinion The AJK curtain-raiser I fear the recent unrest in AJK was not an isolated affair, nor does the delayed Rs35bn sweetener mean the end of ... Published 16 May, 2024 06:28am
Opinion Labour Day thoughts Do you think the country’s labour class, especially daily wagers, spent the Labour Day holiday celebrating and... Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am
Opinion Sanctioning Iran? ‘Let’s not kid ourselves’ Watching the US House pass a $95 billion “aid package” for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan (360-58) reminded me of a... Published 25 Apr, 2024 03:05am