S. Akbar Zaidi
Numerous sets of numbers, not quoted by govt sources, suggest that things are not as dazzling as claimed by those who run the country.
Updated 20 Feb, 2025 08:59am
The history of Pakistan’s civilian and political movements contains ample examples of protests for just causes.
Updated 27 Dec, 2024 08:39am
Once women enter the workforce and start earning their own income they begin to assert their agency as women and income earners.
Published 08 Aug, 2024 09:12am
The secure and comfortable centre in Pakistan — of politics, privilege and policy — is being overturned by the marginalised and oppressed.
Updated 02 Feb, 2024 10:33am
The PTI is merely a collection of a few second-tier political aspirants seeking electoral representation and power.
Updated 02 Jun, 2023 09:13am
No matter how much misery is imposed on the people in the name of austerity, they are expected to carry on.
Updated 24 Feb, 2023 08:45am
The consequences of financial apocalypse or economic meltdown are different for different income groups.
Updated 26 Jan, 2023 08:58am
People don’t realise that economics is about politics, particularly political economy. Issues about taxation, distribution,
Updated 02 Jan, 2023 02:14pm
The revival of the IMF deal gives the government some breathing space but it also allows the old complacency to return.
Updated 01 Sep, 2022 08:49am
A thriving and robust economy which focuses on redistribution would be less affected by the exchange rate.
Updated 13 Aug, 2022 09:27am
The economy will continue facing multiple crises unless reforms which redistribute resources and relocate priorities are made.
Updated 16 Jun, 2022 11:46am
A budget is merely an accounting exercise, where a government lays out its expected income/revenue and expenditure...
Published 13 Jun, 2022 07:56am
The government needs a clear plan of what it hopes to achieve.
Updated 12 May, 2022 08:38am
Pakistan’s economic policy has been dependent on a short-sighted operation.
Published 11 Apr, 2022 06:42am
First wreck the economy, then its people...
Published 11 Feb, 2020 07:07am
This financial year will be the worst in over a decade in terms of how it affects the working people of Pakistan.
Updated 14 Jul, 2019 07:16am
Rest assured, Pakistan’s economy is going to be severely constrained over the next few years.
Updated 18 May, 2019 07:30am
The rupee is losing value every other day, adding to inflation, and will depreciate a great deal more.
Updated 08 Apr, 2019 10:05am
The hallmark of PTI’s economic plan in the last five months has been continued uncertainty and ambiguity.
Updated 31 Dec, 2018 08:03am
A new order of accommodation and compromise is replacing free speech and dissent.
Published 01 Dec, 2018 06:55am
