Budget presser

OFFICIAL post-budget media briefings in Pakistan are carefully choreographed affairs, full of reassuring phrases like ‘moving in the right direction’, ‘resilience’, and ‘enabling business and investment environment’ delivered by the keepers of the public exchequer. After the briefings end, journalists walk away with little they did not already know. The post-budget presser by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb was no different. While talking with the characteristic confidence of a bank ...

By none@none.com (Editorial)