This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial "Imran's agitation threat" carried by the newspaper recently. The newspaper argued, inter alia, that "...if the powers that be are at all considering some compromise formula that would facilitate resuscitation of the economy through significant doses of forex from time-tested friends and in the process defuse the present political crisis, it would be politic to take Imran Khan and all the other political parties into confidence. This would help explain the considerations that may be driving such a contemplated compromise, chief amongst which is the economy, under considerable pressure from the twin current account and budgetary deficits. This consideration in fact may also impinge on the manner in which we deal with the Trump administration, with Secretary of State Tillerson's visit providing the occasion to sort out mutual misunderstandings and complaints."
A beleaguered PML-N government is, however, insisting that anything other than the scheduled 2018 general elections will immensely hurt country's economy. That the situation is immensely complex is a fact. There is no easy solution in sight. The growing US belligerence has added to confusion and doubt in the country.