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Anjum IbrahimBusiness Recorder |
Sale of state-owned entities (SOEs) and not resuscitating the non-operational Pakistan Steel Mills is the mantra of the recently appointed economic...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) budget was announced on 25 May, two and a half weeks before the federal budget was announced on 12 June, the Punjab budget...
Several prominent federal ministers publicly stated that the taxation measures approved by parliament on 28 June were prior conditions of the...
“So now what?” “Now they wait for the public to forget the budget.” “I don’t think that is likely – I mean higher taxes for us, higher...
“How would you translate the Urdu word anari into English?” “Unskilled?” “I hope this is not a dig at our emigrants who are remitting...
“The split within a political party…” “Is fodder for the gods.” “What, are you pagan? Gods indeed.” “That is an expression, food for...
“Immunity for the President while in office…” “Yeah, I heard the US Supreme Court ruled that President Trump cannot be prosecuted for official...
“Two options and both bad so what do you get?” “Drop the ball is the expression.” “What ball? Hockey ball, football, baseball…” “You...
To formulate federal and provincial budgets necessitates engagement between the federal government and its federating units on two critical items:...
“I heard the Biden team was despondent after his performance in the first presidential debate…” “Ahhhh! I suggest they do another...
“I take strong exception to the army…” “Hush, hush, that is not a…” “Why don’t you let me finish a sentence, for Pete’s sake? I...
“So who do you think? Biden versus Trump?” “Why is the US political map getting to be like Pakistan’s?” “They still have intra-party...
“There is a wide gap between institutional response versus a politician’s response.” “Why did you use the singular for the two?” “What?”...
“There is a difference between discourse and policy.” “Of course there is. I don’t understand why you raised this…” “In the United...
“I am from the corporate world”, Muhammad Aurangzeb, Federal Finance Minister, proudly stated in a post-budget interaction on a private channel...
“So all is well that ends well.” “You mean Bilawal’s reservations about the budget have been resolved.” “Pledged to be resolved not...
“The Brown Pope is in action.” “Oh! I thought he had done all he could for the cricket team…” “Don’t be facetious.” “Has he...
“What’s with politicians!” “Mark Twain wrote, reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat...
“Hunter Biden has been found guilty on three counts…” “The US has taken the lead there.” “Have you forgotten Notification Maryam Nawaz...
The budget 2024-25 exercise is akin to a five-legged kangaroo - one leg manacled by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), another by an elite...
“So what do you mean by surgery?” “That’s rather a silly question. Surgery is when you have an operation and some surgeries are how can I put...
The Economic Survey’s relevance, limited to data analysis, is neither up to date (limited to July-March or for nine months for most indicators even...
“The Pope hath spoken.” “I wasn’t aware he has said anything lately. Oh, you mean what he said this Friday – that all this suffering, the...
Inflation is pushing an ever increasing number below the poverty line (currently estimated at 40 percent comparable to Sub-Sahara Africa) and the...
“Uh Oh!” “You will have to narrow it down. There are too many uh oh situations.” “Take a guess.” “The Deputy Prime Minister being...
“The opinions of the individual supreme court justices during the full court hearing appear to be split.” “But isn’t that natural?” “Yes,...
“So, what is with the debates between Starmer and Sunak?” “Well, you can’t accuse the British of doing a poodle because the US has been...
“Prime Minister and his band of merry cabinet members are off to China and I think this may be an appropriate time to share a quote from Confucius,...
“So the same o same o.” “Yep, but there is one major change.” “Oh, that a former president of the US has been convicted for the first time...
Contrary to earlier reports that the budget for next fiscal year will be presented to parliament on the 7June it is now expected to be presented on 10...
“I hear Greedy for Portfolios Samdhi (GPS) has his heart set on it.” “He ain’t getting the Finance Ministry even if his counterpart Samdhi...
“So tell me why was the notification for a countrywide holiday on 28 May so late in the coming. I mean, it was well after offices closed and…”...
“We are resilient.” “Indeed, with record high temperatures in the country….” “Well, it’s damned if the government does and damned if it...
There is overwhelming evidence that approval of the budget for next fiscal year, reportedly to be presented to parliament on 7 June, will be a...
“So a grand state owned entity (SOE) sale is on the cards.” “Indeed and this means incoming dollars, strengthening foreign exchange reserves...
“It’s not as if I don’t have much sympathy for Raoof Hassan after his attack.” “He suffered, I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy, so...
“So explain the Punjab defamation bill to me.” “An aggrieved person can go to the one-man tribunal, appointed by the government, for the...
“The Greedy for Portfolios Samdhi (GPS) is in Kazakhstan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.” “Did he take the Prime...
“Gautama Buddha is credited with a wise saying, do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.”...
The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) analysis and prescriptions in the second and final review document under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA)...
“So now what?” “Now no amendment to the constitution is possible as the court has suspended the distribution of reserved seats that the ruling...
“I heard our GPS called Tom Taraba.” “Remind me who GPS is and who in the world is Tom Taraba?” “GPS is our Greedy for Portfolios Samdhi, as...
“So all hail to the gods of legality.” “Excuse me!” “I was referring to the recurring nightmare of the rich and wealthy…” “There may...
“Indeed and I define patience as the ability to count down before losing one’s cool and the people of Azad Jammu Kashmir seriously lost their cool...
“I am a firm believer that only one hat must ever be worn!” “Hmmm that’s a sheer waste – what about the other hats in one’s closet?” ...
Pakistan has never achieved impressive growth rates in its history with the highest rate (average) achieved in the 1960s of 6.8 percent (attributed to...
“So is power talking to power?” “Will you give a break to Notification Maryam Nawaz (NMN). She is better than The Buzz in any case, isn’t...
“I haven’t seen the apple of Nawaz Sharif’s eye for quite a few days now!” “You mean Notification Maryam Nawaz (NMN)?” “Yes, hey, too...
“What do you think of Notification Maryam Nawaz (NMN) issuing a notification to provide free motorbikes to girls, and she has requested parents to...
“I can’t understand this obsession with colours.” “Well, some colours suit one skin type and doesn’t another.” “That I understand, what...
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