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No questions asked

Pakistan Published 23 September 2026, 06:05 · archived 23 Sep 2026

EDITORIAL: Federal finance minister Muhammad Aurangzeb called a press briefing—during which he entertained no questions from reporters—and maintained that the country suffers a daily loss of 120 billion rupees due to strikes, sit-ins, long marches, and road blockades. He termed such disruptions “self-inflicted pain” and deemed them ill-advised given that the economy has achieved stabilization and is moving toward growth. However, the minister did not quantify the losses the economy suffers as a consequence of the mitigating measures employed by administrations, including the incumbent, to defu...

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