Khurram Husain

Unsustainable stability

Unsustainable stability

The external account seems to be healthy, so why is the state still taking expensive loans from commercial banks? Updated 23 Jan, 2025 08:58am
Fight over resources

Fight over resources

The idea is that with rising competition for control over the system’s resources, staying within budgetary allocations becomes... Updated 16 Jan, 2025 08:56am
The four-way balance

The four-way balance

So far, the finance minister has extracted as much revenue as he could from taxing existing taxpayers. Updated 09 Jan, 2025 09:50am
Trying too hard

Trying too hard

Never mind these lumbering vision statements. Instead, focus sharply on a few areas where there is a high likelihood of success. Updated 02 Jan, 2025 09:16am
Year of stabilisation

Year of stabilisation

The year 2024 now asks us whether we can embark on building a better Pakistan in 2025, one that can grow without overheating. Updated 02 Jan, 2025 06:34pm
What will 2025 bring?

What will 2025 bring?

It is not a good idea to go into 2025 with too much optimism. The hard-won stability of 2024 will prove testing in the new year. Updated 26 Dec, 2024 08:57am
You and your tech

You and your tech

Technology needs to fulfil the most basic requirement first: to do the job at the least cost. Updated 19 Dec, 2024 09:30am
In search of growth

In search of growth

It is possible to see the same reflexes, which drove earlier liquidity-fuelled growth booms, beginning to express themselves. Updated 12 Dec, 2024 09:36am
From stability to growth

From stability to growth

Truth is, the only good news here is that we are no longer facing imminent default. Updated 05 Dec, 2024 09:04am
Facing popular upheavals

Facing popular upheavals

For a ruler of a country in the modern era, power is the ability to provide livelihoods to his people, first and foremost. Updated 28 Nov, 2024 07:49pm
Is the economy improving?

Is the economy improving?

Having found fragile stability, the govt now faces the real challenge of transitioning from stability to growth. Updated 21 Nov, 2024 09:06am
Protecting Chinese investments

Protecting Chinese investments

The Pakistani authorities have done the right thing to not grant the request for an expanded Chinese security presence in the country. Updated 14 Nov, 2024 09:40am
A melting world

A melting world

It is imperative that the country finds a way to grow out of its dysfunctions. Updated 07 Nov, 2024 10:37am
Chasing investment

Chasing investment

The credibility of the country is hurt when a government plays a front-line role in pursuing investment. Updated 31 Oct, 2024 09:09am
Economy under the gavel

Economy under the gavel

We got an independent judiciary after the lawyers’ movement. But what exactly did the judges do with this expanded power? Updated 24 Oct, 2024 09:18am
Quacks, rackets and mobs

Quacks, rackets and mobs

These are near historic levels of degradation of the standard of living. Updated 17 Oct, 2024 09:47am
Rule by consultants

Rule by consultants

Indicators showed Pakistan’s inflation was far more aggravated than its peers. Updated 10 Oct, 2024 09:50am
Mixed developments

Mixed developments

The economy has not seen a period of stability like this since at least 2019. Updated 03 Oct, 2024 09:20am
And audits for all

And audits for all

Making audits work is not as straightforward as it might seem at first glance. Updated 26 Sep, 2024 09:51am
Shaky stability

Shaky stability

They use bailouts and loans to fuel the country’s economy and repression to stifle the people’s will. Updated 19 Sep, 2024 09:37am