Khurram Husain

Khurram Husain

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Emergency in the power sector

THIS is coming to emergency levels and there is no option now but to shout this out as loudly as possible in the hope that somebody, somewhere, will...

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100 22.06.2017

Deficits and reserves

THIS week, the trade deficit crossed $30 billion, probably the most meaningful milestone crossed recently. Certainly more so than any ‘historic...

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20 15.06.2017

Power rackets continued

FOR almost two months now, word has been circulating in power-sector circles that the large power-sector expansion plan being put in place by the...

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60 08.06.2017

Load-shedding returns

THIS is beginning to look like a rerun of the previous government’s last year in power. Rampant load-shedding, riots and attacks on power-sector...

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30 01.06.2017

Budget cosmetics

IN the last year of its rule, the PML-N has decided to throw all caution to the winds and go for a growth strategy that is as cosmetic as the period...

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200 25.05.2017

Setting the record straight

THE Long-Term Plan (LTP) document for CPEC was developed by the China Development Bank and finalised by December 2015. One year later, on December 29,...

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100 18.05.2017

Power rackets

IT ought to have been predicted, but everybody was too busy running the sums. Since 2013, the government has gone on a buying spree in the power...

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60 11.05.2017

Regulatory capture approaches

HERE comes the moment we were warned of in December. The move to ‘capture’ the regulators, particularly the power-sector regulator Nepra, has now...

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70 04.05.2017

Terror financing

FINANCE Minister Ishaq Dar is in Washington, D.C. these days, and as could be expected, during his meeting with the treasury secretary, the question...

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100 27.04.2017

Load-shedding and an election

WHILE the verdict on the Panama Papers case commands the national attention these days, another issue of potential game-changing significance is...

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300 20.04.2017

Trading priorities

THE new secretary commerce has assumed charge at a very difficult time it seems. Only days after his appointment, data shows that Pakistan’s trade...

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30 13.04.2017

Mystery of CPEC payments

THE latest quarterly report by the State Bank of Pakistan points out an intriguing development regarding the payments connected with CPEC projects....

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100 06.04.2017

Reko Diq ruckus

“HAVE you heard of Reko Diq?” the man asked me in a hushed voice. “No, what’s Reko Diq?” I replied.“Very few have heard of it,” he said,...

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100 30.03.2017

Sighting land

TWO weeks ago, I wrote a piece about the special economic zones planned under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in which I drew attention to a news...

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100 23.03.2017

CPEC: Is there cause for alarm?

A NUMBER of articles in the past week have created some undue anxiety about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Let us put it in plain English at...

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200 16.03.2017

CPEC enclaves

A SMALL line in a news story a few days ago caught my eye. The setting was a hearing in the Senate Standing Committee on Planning and Development at...

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550 09.03.2017

Regulating the stock market

AN interesting series of developments is taking place around the stock market these days. I believe this is the first time we are seeing the regulator...

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60 02.03.2017

So much for corruption

WHENEVER I begin to think that hitting the barricades against corruption by high and mighty politicians is a great idea, I think back to the example...

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60 23.02.2017

So much for corruption

WHENEVER I begin to think that hitting the barricades against corruption by high and mighty politicians is a great idea, I think back to the example...

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200 23.02.2017

Will we be the 16th largest economy in 2050?

A report by PwC has everyone talking due to a claim reportedly made in it that Pakistan will be the world’s 16th largest economy by the year 2050....

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200 16.02.2017

Will we be the 16th largest economy in 2050?

A REPORT by PwC has everyone talking due to a claim reportedly made in it that Pakistan will be the world’s 16th largest economy by the year 2050....

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200 16.02.2017

NA questions the economy

TO get a better idea of how anaemic the economic conversation in the country is, try taking a look at the sort of questions that our MNAs raise about...

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70 09.02.2017

NA questions the economy

TO get a better idea of how anaemic the economic conversation in the country is, try taking a look at the sort of questions that our MNAs raise about...

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60 09.02.2017

To ban or not to ban?

HERE we go again. This story is getting a little old now, so let’s hope there is a different ending this time round. Hafiz Saeed has been placed...

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10 02.02.2017

To ban or not to ban?

HERE we go again. This story is getting a little old now, so let’s hope there is a different ending this time round. Hafiz Saeed has been placed...

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90 02.02.2017

Building and losing reserves

LET me try and explain why events like the Greek debt crisis, the Chinese stock market run, Brexit, and most recently, the election of the...

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80 26.01.2017

Building and losing reserves

LET me try and explain why events like the Greek debt crisis, the Chinese stock market run, Brexit, and most recently, the election of the...

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70 26.01.2017

In the twilight of globalisation

AS world leaders gather in Davos to reflect on the increasingly grim future of globalisation, it is worth a moment to reflect on where Pakistan has...

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30 19.01.2017

In the twilight of globalisation

AS world leaders gather in Davos to reflect on the increasingly grim future of globalisation, it is worth a moment to reflect on where Pakistan has...

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50 19.01.2017

Country of sheep

WHAT do those who abducted the four activists want? What crime did those four commit? They used the digital space very effectively to create satirical...

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650 12.01.2017

Country of sheep

WHAT do those who abducted the four activists want? What crime did those four commit? They used the digital space very effectively to create satirical...

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1000 12.01.2017

Birth of another dependency

THE latest quarterly report from the State Bank of Pakistan may sound like a dry affair, but read it a little closely and you’ll notice some...

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400 05.01.2017

Birth of another dependency

THE latest quarterly report from the State Bank of Pakistan may sound like a dry affair, but read it a little closely and you’ll notice some...

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300 05.01.2017

What’s up at the regulators?

IF what they’re saying is true, that the government is moving to ‘abolish’ the regulators and practically take over all their functions, then it...

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20 29.12.2016

The five-thousand-rupee question

EVER wonder why we have a Rs5,000 note? If not, you should — because the note has a very interesting story to tell.It was introduced in 2006, and...

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550 22.12.2016

CPEC cost build-up

IN remarks given at a conference in Islamabad, Sartaj Aziz is reported to have said that loans being taken under CPEC projects will be repaid at two...

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1000 15.12.2016

CPEC cost build-up

IN remarks given at a conference in Islamabad, Sartaj Aziz is reported to have said that loans being taken under CPEC projects will be repaid at two...

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1000 15.12.2016

Holding businessmen accountable

IN only one month, we have seen three large-scale fires killing more than 40 people and injuring dozens more in or near Karachi. The first example is...

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10 08.12.2016

Holding businessmen accountable

IN only one month, we have seen three large-scale fires killing more than 40 people and injuring dozens more in or near Karachi. The first example is...

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30 08.12.2016

The giddy brigade

THE kind of childish enthusiasm that is growing around the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) needs to be tempered with a little dose of reality....

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1500 01.12.2016