Govt policy to improve remittances may have relatively stabilised currency.

We think being dispassionate, nonpartisan is good; having ideological view, supporting specific party, agenda is bad

The variation has nothing to do with actual performance, just lower oil prices

If PSO’s retail business is spun off into a separate company, it would always be able to import oil for fuel stations

Rigidity in pricing mechanism is part of the cause for acute shortages.

Privately owned part of energy sector is handily outperforming the state-owned portion

Elected local govt lower barriers to entry for positions of political influence, its seen as a threat by PPP

China’s slowdown, Punjab’s energy crisis and other factors all play a role

Central bank likes to talk tough, but ultimately does the banks’ bidding

It may be the centre-left’s only realistic chance of beating the PML-N in the next election