Stories by Khurram Husain
It is surprising how underdeveloped the template governing data disclosure on revenues is.
Updated 22 Oct, 2026 09:04am
In the months to come, it is likely that the governments of Sindh and Punjab will be asked to grant more space to the federal government in the control of the resources they command.
Updated 15 Oct, 2026 09:11am
Devaluations in our own history have nothing to do with restoring export competitiveness or anything quite so grand.
Updated 08 Oct, 2026 09:23am
If the new rules and policy succeed in getting the refiners to do what they have not done in the past 20 years, that will be a big, positive step.
Published 01 Oct, 2026 07:01am
Yet again, the authorities are trying to incentivise retailers to self-register using yet another fixed tax scheme.
Published 24 Sep, 2026 07:52am
After consolidating their control on Hormuz, they will next turn their gaze to the riches of the Gulf monarchs.
Published 17 Sep, 2026 07:21am
Once the trajectory peaks and the reserve decline kicks in, confidence drains out of the government.
Updated 10 Sep, 2026 08:50am
If regulators can’t detect malpractices until a company’s solvency is in doubt, then why would investors feel safe putting their money in the country?
Updated 03 Sep, 2026 08:22am
Burning your buffers to fuel growth is a little like burning your furniture to heat your house.
Updated 20 Aug, 2026 07:42am
Both democracy and the market are designed to harness the worst motivations of individuals — towards the pursuit of the common good of all.
Updated 13 Aug, 2026 07:41am
Underlying the whole affair is the struggle over resources and who gets how much.
Updated 06 Aug, 2026 08:41am
The confidence with which they are now moving ahead to roll out incentives suggests something has changed.
Published 30 Jul, 2026 07:35am
The movements are now unmistakable. The preparation for bringing in large quantities of dollars are underway.
Updated 23 Jul, 2026 09:24am
With rising discontentment at home leading to the spread of disaffection, the leadership is stuck in a quagmire.
Updated 16 Jul, 2026 09:03am
Pegging the next generation of revenues that the state requires urgently to enhanced powers of enforcement and audit is a mistake.
Updated 09 Jul, 2026 10:49am
A new report shows how our fiscal-federalism problems are not, at root, technical failures to be fixed with better systems.
Updated 02 Jul, 2026 07:48am
The shift to digital means the largest money flows in the economy now leave trails.
Updated 25 Jun, 2026 07:52am
Whether Tehran remembers us kindly and whether Washington decides to reward us handsomely are matters beyond our control.
Updated 18 Jun, 2026 08:15am
The budget offers relief today, but its revenue targets rest on a level of tax collection the government has yet to prove it can achieve.
Updated 13 Jun, 2026 02:38pm
One has never seen the political class of this country as out of ideas as they are now.
Updated 11 Jun, 2026 08:58am
