Current talk to give more autonomy is devoid of practical significance.

Government resorts to creative accounting in budget-making

Sectors like education, healthcare, nutrition, sanitation being neglected

Low value addition means Pakistan cannot earn much foreign exchange

Resurgence of load-shedding portrays govt’s myopic aims

Higher oil prices caused increase in circular debt, reduced investment-related imports

Most developing economies have lowered their exchange rates to remain competitive.

Merchandise exports are decreasing and the government is obsessed with a policy of stable exchange rate

It is an electioneering device, which is neither properly timed nor planned

There is dire need to move towards measures that yield fruitful results