Tag: Khurram Husain

  THERE is something about private investment that successive governments in Pakistan have failed to understand. Promoting private investment is a bit like catching a bird. You cannot chase after … Read More

THE news is not all bad, though the outlook remains gloomy and will take at least a year to rectify. The stabilisation phase of economic management is drawing to a … Read More

AN idea is taking shape in a desperate bid to increase revenue collection. This idea would set thousands of auditors loose on those who have been nave enough to file … Read More

THERE is nothing quite like a punch-up among the billionaires. That is exactly what we have going on these days with the whole ‘capacity payments to Independent Power Producers’ (IPPs) … Read More

MUCH will be written about the budget’s specifics, but there is something else on my mind this year. This budget marks nearly a quarter century of back-to-back, virtually nonstop IMF … Read More

IF you think China is gearing up for another round of massive business investments in Pakistan then I have a power plant to sell you. No such thing is about … Read More

LET’S start with putting a couple of undue misapprehensions to rest. I have had the opportunity of interacting with key decision-makers in the power bureaucracy and they assure me of … Read More

AS a new-found stability settles across the land all eyes are turning towards its durability. The current account has been registering persistent surpluses for a number of months now, and … Read More

AFTER many years of extreme uncertainty and political instability, it now seems like things are finally starting to move. Two developments this week point to this. First is the visit … Read More

OF all the comebacks he has mounted since his first ouster from power more than 30 years ago, the latest one has been the most improbable. The odds that Nawaz … Read More