2023-2024 Budget
The Budget 2023-2024 was presented under constraints coming from all directions, and posed an almost insoluble problem for the Finance Minister. The...
Picking up the pieces
The announcement by Jahangir Tareen that a new party, the Pakistan Istehkam Party,would be formed, in the presence of a large number...
Throwing open the coffers
The budgeting process took another step forward with the National Economic Council approving the federal Public Sector Development Plan of Rs 950...
Clouds refuse to dispel
It cannot be said that politicians have gone into hibernation. Whether they belong to the ruling coalition, or the opposition, they keep...
The wrath of the state
Former Punjab CM Ch Pervaiz Elahi seems to be living out a Kafka novel if one is to follow what is happening...
Development spending approved
The budgeting process took a major step forward on Friday as the Annual Plan Coordination Committee approved a Rs 2.5 trillion development...
Disappearance of an activist
The forced disappearance of the human rights activist and lawyer on Thursday, when he was taken away from outside his home in...
Inflation not coming under control
The May figure for inflation showed it was 37.94 percent year-on-year as measured in the Consumer Price Index. The previous highest figure...
Audio leaks
Their lordships of the Supreme Court are not known for their sense of irony. Therefore, it is to be assumed that the...
Dealing with so many
The motive is clear: to punish every single one of the perpetrators of the May 9 attacks on military installations. No one...
The legislature vs the judiciary
The chess match between the superior judiciary and the legislature - which, in the absence of members of the opposition benches, means...
Medical confidentiality
There was much chortling in coalition ranks after Health Services Minister Abdul Qadir Patel made public the report of the medical examination...
The way out
Even though PTI chief Imran Khan is still sounding some of the themes that resound with his base, the implosion that has...
Party in disarray
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is in the disarray of a party that is fast disintegrating. The daily hemorrhaging seems to show no signs...
Dar’s default denial
Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s optimism about Pakistan not defaulting indicates quite the opposite. Once again, a foreign debt servicing payment has...