Editorial

Earlier consultations with stakeholders could have helpedThat the National Finance Commission has been constituted has been overdue, but it has run into objections from the very outset, with S

Amid a bleak economic outlookSince the coronavirus took a foothold in the country, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has cut the benchmark interest rate four times with the latest 100 basis

What’s the ‘vision’?Economic Adviser Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, while chairing a formal meeting on budget exercise for the upcoming fiscal year, addressing a team from the FBR, stated that

And two CMs don’t attend a meetingThe government has decided to go for a stricter lockdown in areas where outbreaks of the coronavirus are reported, after the first day of the end of the loc

Need to revisit and amend the lawDespite an out-of-control chaotic situation caused by the covid-19 pandemic that is gaining steam with each passing day, the government continues to invest its

Not just recent attacks, but reticence about responsibility, bode illThe signing of a peace deal between the USA and the Taliban should have moved Afghanistan, which has been in conflict ever

TORs contain potentially explosive new contentThat the government has notified the 10th National Finance Commission is no surprise, as an Award is urgently needed, with the current Award, whic

Pakistan and social mediaEarlier this year the PTI government had attempted to get a handle on social media after successfully ‘taming’ conventional media. The ill-conceived policy aimed a

Importing raw material critical in the fight against covid-19The Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association has warned that any ban on import of raw material from India at this point wo

A good decision at the right timeAs the coronavirus pandemic rages on, claiming lives and inflicting serious damage to an already struggling economy, there are certain silver linings that if i

Is the lockdown being ended too soon?The lockdown is being eased at a time when the number of infections as well as deaths due to covid-19 is increasing, rather than decreasing. In other words

The woes of the government aheadThe coronavirus pandemic has wreaked much destruction, not least within the economy, and thus of government finances. Nevertheless, the government must prepare