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Saturday, 18 May 2013 7:43 pm
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Columns by Sakina Husain
Speaking of autonomy
It has been about a month since the IMF report on Pakistan ‘ingeniously’ highlighted the economy’s fragility. A sense of urgency was incumbent; the PM quickly and quite conveniently replaced...
The ‘what-if’ approach to public transport
The economy continues to tread the path of uncertainty and doom. The rupee refuses to budge from Rs90/USD, the investment climate staggers, and inflation somehow seems a non-representative variable. Amidst...
A closed economy?
Self-proclaimed economists many a times lead one to experience a fatal cringing and a heightened need to claw. The latest argument encountered by the writer on what policy makers should...
Status Quo Ahead
The government has made a comeback for all those who were wondering what banks’ next avenue of choice would be. With a complete and partially rejected auction up its sleeve,...
Evaluating dependency on the US
The extrapolation of the neo-colonial discourse onto the Pakistani geo-political context provides the most commonplace and plausible explanation; the United States exercises control over the Pakistani political and economic system,...
Why won’t you privatise?
Since it has been well established that the mode de gouvernance relevant for the Pakistani political landscape is to avoid a horizontal alignment at all costs, the government today and...
Very visible ‘arms’ of the govt
In the recent episode of almighty IMF summoning esteemed members of the government, assurances were exchanged with respect to the restructuring of the Trading Corporation of Pakistan(TCP), Utility Stores Corporation...
Of plight and provincial disparity
It seems that the terrorism smog has successfully subdued separatist sentiments. Or maybe the terrorist coterie has provided an umbrella to all those with grievances, with a promise to satiate...
Hold your head high SBP
It seems that SBP put on its cap of wisdom this time around, quite a turnaround from the previous statement, if one may consider thankfully so. While inflation may always...
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