IMF is a lender of last resort, not a development agency

A good place to start a policy reset would be the wheat sector

In the interim, could agriculture play a greater role?

The cabinet approved Pakistan’s first Clean Air Policy, a key step addressing one of the country’s critical problems

What must have pushed her to leave and embark on her perilous journey was that she was a Hazara

Several factors suggest that govt is over-optimistic in its estimates with possibly massive shortages ahead

Farmers use poor technology, face inefficient input and output markets, and rely on high-cost informal credit markets

Slower growth in wheat production has made Pakistan increasingly dependent on foreign supplies

In real rupee and dollar terms, the damage is about three times more than during the 2010 floods

There are also several new aspects that make a good assessment of the latest floods more important than in the past