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Nov 25, 2024 اردو ► PRINT EDITION ► BR MARKETS ► Dollar to PKR ►

Syed Bakhtiyar Kazmi

Before the key
Markets

Before the key

ARTICLE: Our quest for the key to economic growth continues. Albeit, this time around we need to be a lot more...
Published 27 Jun, 2020 02:55am
Not easy
Opinion

Not easy

ARTICLE: The days for being imaginative are upon us; after all Budgets and economic reviews in a developing nation,...
Published 20 Jun, 2020 04:13am
Key
Opinion

Key

ARTICLE: The key to economic growth is definitely not free market capitalism; as they say, the proof of the pudding...
Published 14 Jun, 2020 03:09am
Two horses
Opinion

Two horses

ARTICLE: This week we continue where we left of last week: the tale of two horses. Those who missed out on the...
Updated 14 Jun, 2020 01:29am
A tale of two horses
Opinion

A tale of two horses

Unfortunately, the exact quote, which by the way succinctly brings out the message, cannot be published - blame it on the censor board. Be that as it may, the more refined version comes out thusly: you cannot ride two horses with one behind.
Published 30 May, 2020 12:06am
What's up?
Opinion

What's up?

WhatsApp is a pun on What's Up, in case you didn't get it yet - actually, that was a sudden but rational guess made whilst dreaming up the title for today's write up; now it is knowledge confirmed from WhatsApp web page. Cool!
Published 23 May, 2020 12:06am
The value of life
Opinion

The value of life

If you party for four days, strict abstinence for the remaining three days will probably not get you off the hook. In substance, you have a lockdown or you don't - the virus is not going to take "off days" whilst its hosts go on a shopping spree, so this
Published 16 May, 2020 12:07am
Free market tanks
Opinion

Free market tanks

"A quarter of French adults smoke. Many people were surprised, therefore, when researchers reported late in April that only 5% of 482 Covid-19 patients who came to the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris between February 28th and April 9th were daily smok
Published 09 May, 2020 12:06am
Nine lives
Opinion

Nine lives

Ramazan Mubarak, Dear Readers. As the nation continues to battle it out with the coronavirus, the experts warn that the Virus War will be entering a critical phase by the time this article is published. May Allah SWT protect our nation and give strength a
Published 02 May, 2020 12:08am
Free cheese in a mouse trap
Opinion

Free cheese in a mouse trap

Sitting down to write this week's column, I am rather confused; are we or are we not in a lockdown. Whilst the Islamabad city administration has been performing admirably in an extremely challenging time, the current extension order is a complicated, if n
Published 25 Apr, 2020 06:43am
Revenge of the fallen
Opinion

Revenge of the fallen

As the country gets ravaged by the Virus Wars, with the situation getting worse day by day, let us start once again with a prayer that Allah SWT alleviates the hardship of our beloved nation soon.
Published 18 Apr, 2020 12:00am
The right incentives
Opinion

The right incentives

Nowadays, sitting down to write a column, the beginning inevitably is a prayer that by the time it gets published we have won the Virus Wars; a developing country like Pakistan cannot withstand any kind of war for long. And we are probably reaching our li
Published 11 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Time to rise
Opinion

Time to rise

That the country is on economic roller coaster is perhaps an understatement.
Published 04 Apr, 2020 12:00am
Calamity
Opinion

Calamity

Praying that by the time this article gets published, miraculously, the world has found a cure for the corona virus, and/or Pakistan has been able to control the epidemic.
Published 28 Mar, 2020 12:00am
No debt fictional world
Opinion

No debt fictional world

Imagination precedes invention - sure there have been accidental discoveries, but even in such cases, ultimately, someone was pursuing their imagination, albeit for some other objective.
Published 19 Mar, 2020 12:00am
What is wrong
Opinion

What is wrong

Well, depends on who you listen too, or rather want to listen too. The IMF-led government version is that things are on track, thanks to the finance team, by and large, adhering to the structural reforms programme and good days are around the corner - wel
Published 15 Feb, 2020 12:00am
No man can
Opinion

No man can

A couple of days ago, sitting in the national airline's A320, waiting for it to take off from Islamabad and peeved by the condition of the cabin, impulsively retorted that if they gave me the airline it would become profitable within a couple of years.
Published 08 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Non-issues
Opinion

Non-issues

Perhaps it is the lack of other forms of entertainment, or perhaps extreme polarisation is the cause, but whatever the case may be, we as a nation are infatuated with non issues. Essentially, if it is only about the economy, which it is, it is utterly rem
Published 01 Feb, 2020 12:00am
Taming the untamable
Opinion

Taming the untamable

The problem with writing a regular column is that even at times when you are not at your best, to put it mildly, you still have to write and submit something; and after rereading last week's submission - clearly, that was one of those times. The objective
Published 18 Jan, 2020 12:00am