Caretaker setup's top priority must be implementation of SBA with IMF

Parties in opposition will most likely blame PDM for its incompetence and its decision to accept the IMF’s conditions

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