Consequences have been the development of political and social capital in support of military-dominated development.

The trouble is that these discussions are not about ‘aid not trade’ but about ‘aid through trade’.

The present phase of privatisation entails large utilities enjoying monopoly power.

There is nothing in the hands of monetary authority to cushion the rupee. Where will it stop, only God and IMF know.

First the interior minister and now it is the finance minister, one sees a pattern of intolerance towards dissent.

The problem facing the finance minister is that there was a net outflow of resources abroad in 2012-13.

The power policy should have included concrete measures to strengthen Enercon.

There were questions on the Maulana, the contempt notice and jailbreak but none on inflation and prices.

Annual Plan 2013-14 says Pakistan has achieved MDG1 before the 2015 deadline. However, this is too good to be true.

Pillars of PML-N's goal of “Strong Economy, Strong Pakistan” are no different from the Nine Point Agenda of PPP's.