A pyrrhic victory
By S. Akbar Zaidi Published in DAWN on September 01, 2022 CELEBRATING an IMF deal is a contradiction in terms. Such agreements might temporarily rescue governments and their economies, but these are always anti-people with deep and deleterious long-term consequences. The announcement made by the IMF to revive Pakistan’s programme […]
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AugGovt on an even keel as IMF okays $1.1bn tranche
By Mehtab Haider Published in The News on August 30, 2022 ISLAMABAD: The coalition government’s months-long strenuous efforts finally delivered on Monday as the IMF Executive Board revived the stalled programme and approved the combined 7th and 8th reviews and release of $1.1 billion tranche under the Extended Fund Facility[…]
Inflation is a tough nut
By Mohiuddin Aazim Published in DAWN on August 29, 2022 In August 2021, annual inflation in the US was 5.3 per cent. It rose gradually to hit a 40-year high of 9.1pc in June 2022 before slipping to 8.5pc in July. Similarly, the inflation rate in the UK began rising[…]
Ravaged agri lands
Published in The Express Tribune on August 27, 2022 As expected, the reverberations of climate change are now directly impacting water and agriculture in Pakistan. The country’s climate change division has asserted that 152 extreme climactic events have occurred in the last two decades as a significant shift in the[…]
