Asad Umar defends govt's policy decisions, hits back at PPP with its own record on economic management - Business

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Asad Umar addresses the National Assembly days after stepping down from the cabinet. ─ DawnNewsTV </figcaption> </figure> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="template__main clearfix modifier--open px-1 modifier--widedefault modifier--blockquote-center-narrow ">   <div class="story__content pt-1 mt-1"><p>Former finance minister Asad Umar ─ only days after stepping down from Prime Minister Imran Khan's cabinet amid a reshuffle ─ on Wednesday took the floor to respond to PPP Chairman <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477716">Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's remarks</a> in the Lower House regarding the country's economic policy. </p> <p>"Bilawal said that the government had admitted to its failures [on the economic policy front] by changing the finance minister," Umar recalled. </p> <p>"Bilawal: there were four finance ministers in the PPP's government [from 2008-2013]," the erstwhile finance minister reminded the PPP chairman. "Each tried to sell their own snake oil; each would fail and go home. If we are 'not qualified' and 'failures', what, then, were you?" he asked.</p> <p>"He [Bilawal] said that day that Pakistan's 'economic murder' had taken place," Umar said, referring to the PPP leader's earlier statement. "So I decided to examine [Pakistan's] history to get an idea of whether [the statement was right or wrong]; whether we have seen such [an economic] situation or even worse in the past." </p> <p>"People are worried that GDP growth has slowed down," Umar noted, acknowledging that growth rate estimates given by various observer bodies range from 3-3.9 per cent. </p> <p>While he conceded that Pakistan definitely needs a stronger growth rate, "certain steps needed to be taken when there is a balance of payments deficit [to correct course], and this [the slowdown] is their natural outcome." </p> <p>He then compared the GDP growth rate in PTI's tenure to the growth rate during the PPP government's first year, which had averaged at just 0.4pc. He conceded that the PPP government had inherited a financial crisis, "but in their five years, what did they do [in bettering the situation]?" he asked. </p> <p>"Maybe no one ever placed this data in front of Bilawal, but at the end of their [the PPP's] five years, the GDP growth rate was 2.8pc. There has never been a government in Pakistan with a lower GDP growth rate," Umar claimed.</p> <p>The ex-minister agreed that lawmakers "should worry about inflation because there is a lot of poverty in this country ─ even the middle-class, white collar worker has a hard time."</p> <p>"Right now, the inflation rate in approximately eight months [has averaged] 6.8pc. It may even go up to 7 or 8pc. [Compared to that], the PPP government averaged an approximate inflation rate of 12.3pc in its five years in government. At that time, we never heard anyone raise their voice in concern over rising prices," he criticised. </p> <p>"But this government feels for the people, and we say that it [inflation] should be lower even than this, and are taking steps for it," he said.</p> <p>Umar next addressed criticism on the budget deficit. </p> <p>"It [the deficit] is definitely quite large and at a level that it shouldn't be. There's no doubt about that, and it may even cross 6.5pc this year. But let's take a look at the past," he said. </p> <p>"The budget deficit averaged 7pc over the PPP's five years in power," Umar reminded the Lower House. "There were some years when it was 8.5pc, 8.8pc."</p> <p>"The revenue targets that are not being met should also be a matter of concern," Umar conceded. "It's possible that they may fall short by 7-8pc this time. But the difference between the Federal Board of Revenue's targets and the actual revenue collected was on average 8pc over the 2008-13 period," he recalled.</p> <p>Umar also addressed concern over foreign debt. </p> <p>"Yes, it is increasing and it shouldn't. There is only one government in Pakistan's history that doubled debt over its tenure," he said, pointing at the PPP. "There was a 135pc increase in debt [during the PPP era]," he recalled.</p> <p>"The truth is that this [criticism] has nothing to do with the economy. Citizens are being dragged into it, but it has nothing to do with the people. All these things that we are having to hear now, it is only because [...] the noose is now tightening around that stolen wealth," he said. </p> <p>"The government is not doing it, but the authorities are closing in. The National Accountability Bureau is doing it. The courts are doing it. Fake accounts keep surfacing. Under these circumstances, of course they [the PPP] will be worried, and expressing that worry is their right," Umar added.</p> <p>"When your Swiss accounts are in danger, when your palaces in Surrey, your towers in Dubai, your Park Lane flats are in danger [you are bound to worry]. Alongside all this, there must be a government that can stand up to Pakistan's biggest economic mafia," he said. </p> <p>"This mafia is accustomed to using the money of Pakistan's taxpayers on themselves, and when they have seen those doors closing, their teaming up together is a very powerful combination. 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class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Moon</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T14:06:44+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T14:06:44+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 02:06pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>True words.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Moon, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" 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class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T14:10:08+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 02:10pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Great.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Mian Shah hussain adv, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995363">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995363">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6995364" data-id="5"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Inam Ali</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T14:10:30+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T14:10:30+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 02:10pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>3 Cheers for Asad Umar !!!</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Inam Ali, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend 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type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995375">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995375">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6995386" data-id="7"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Usman Shahid</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T14:16:35+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T14:16:35+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 02:16pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>brave and courageous leader speaking the truth! I wonder how hina rabbani khar and people like her caved to the narrative of loot and plunder. Long live Pakistan!</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Usman Shahid, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995386">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995386">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6995393" data-id="8"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Jehengir khan</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T14:18:34+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T14:18:34+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 02:18pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Mr. Asad: you are just a looser who has been kicked out rightly by PM IK.....you failed....now go back to your corporate life.......</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Jehengir khan, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span 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class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T14:25:28+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 02:25pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>@Usman Shahid,<br/> She herself is facing NAB inquiry.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="bhaRAT©, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995421">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995421">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6995429" data-id="11"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Shahida</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T14:27:26+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T14:27:26+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 02:27pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Incompetent lot.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Shahida, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray 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leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T14:33:53+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T14:33:53+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 02:33pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Brave Asad Umar long live...</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="shafaat siddiqui, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995450">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995450">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6995519" data-id="14"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">kash</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T14:50:42+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T14:50:42+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 02:50pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>At least PTI have facts. None of the previous governments ever checked statistical data. I can see PTI is very much in favour of statistical data. PTI will fix the mess left by previous governments.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="kash, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995519">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995519">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6995520" data-id="15"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Syed Raza</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T14:50:57+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T14:50:57+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 02:50pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>PPP and PML-N will cry more in the future</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Syed Raza, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995520">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995520">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6995536" data-id="16"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Ishrat salim </div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T14:54:41+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T14:54:41+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 02:54pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Well said AU. But critics will never understand.</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Ishrat salim , " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995536">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995536">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6995539" data-id="17"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Jawad Asif</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T14:56:39+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T14:56:39+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 02:56pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Love to listen him all the time!! true gem!!</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Jawad Asif, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995539">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995539">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6995562" data-id="18"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Dawn</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T15:03:19+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T15:03:19+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 03:03pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Honest man !!</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Dawn, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995562">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995562">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6995571" data-id="19"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold font--playfair-display size-five float-left mb-1">Abdul Ghaffar</div> <div class="timeago comment__date text-grey size-three leading-none clear--left" title="2019-04-24T15:05:52+05:00"><span class="timestamp--time timeago" title="2019-04-24T15:05:52+05:00">Apr 24, 2019 03:05pm</span></div> <div class="comment__body mt-2 size-four clearfix"><p>Well said.... He is absolutely correct</p> </div> <div class=""> <input type="button" value="Reply" data-name="Abdul Ghaffar, " class="button p-t-one-eighth p-b-one-eighth px-2 mr-2 comment__reply bg-transparent text-grey size-two border-0 rounded-none border-none hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray"/> <div class="button p-0 no-underline inline-block list-reset cursor-pointer relative whitespace-no-wrap align-middle bg-white border leading-normal size-three hover-bg-image-linear-gradient-lightgray select-none" title="Recommend this comment"> <span class="button__label p-t-one-eighth px-2 text-grey size-two votejs__cast" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995571">Recommend</span> <span class="button__count border--left p-one-eighth text-grey size-two votejs__count" data-vote-key="1478121/up-6995571">0</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="comment pb-4 mb-4 border--bottom" id="6995576" data-id="20"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-11"> <div class="comment__author font-bold 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</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">PM Imran’s statements on Monday during his first visit to Iran are significant for their clarity and forthrightness </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478114" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478114/we-stand-by-our-women-jami-dumps-his-lux-style-awards-on-the-street-in-retaliation"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc014441a169.jpg" alt="'We stand by our women': Jami dumps his Lux Style Awards on the street in retaliation"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478114" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478114/we-stand-by-our-women-jami-dumps-his-lux-style-awards-on-the-street-in-retaliation" class="story__link">'We stand by our women': Jami dumps his Lux Style Awards on the street in retaliation </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/authors/5777/images-staff">Images Staff</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1477983" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477983/we-have-firepower-to-post-300-350-in-world-cup-sarfraz"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cbff60f99e63.jpg" alt="We have firepower to post 300-350 in World Cup: Sarfraz"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477983" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477983/we-have-firepower-to-post-300-350-in-world-cup-sarfraz" class="story__link">We have firepower to post 300-350 in World Cup: Sarfraz </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/authors/6679/humayoun-ahmed-khan">Humayoun Ahmed Khan</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478103" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478103/editorial-anti-polio-panic-in-kp-cannot-be-allowed-to-derail-the-fight-to-eradicate-this-deadly-disease"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cbfd98f511f3.jpg" alt="Editorial: Anti-polio panic in KP cannot be allowed to derail the fight to eradicate this deadly disease"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478103" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478103/editorial-anti-polio-panic-in-kp-cannot-be-allowed-to-derail-the-fight-to-eradicate-this-deadly-disease" class="story__link">Editorial: Anti-polio panic in KP cannot be allowed to derail the fight to eradicate this deadly disease </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478124" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478124/hadiqa-kiani-has-had-enough-of-your-ageist-comments"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cc02d805d9a7.jpg" alt="Hadiqa Kiani has had enough of your ageist comments"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478124" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478124/hadiqa-kiani-has-had-enough-of-your-ageist-comments" class="story__link">Hadiqa Kiani has had enough of your ageist comments </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/authors/5777/images-staff">Images Staff</a></span> </div></article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border-3 border-r-0 border-b-0 border-l-0 border-solid border-black mx-sm-2 mx-0 clearfix"> <h3 class="my-2"><a class="font--playfair-display size-nine leading-tight text-black-light" href="/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Opinion</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 pr-sm-2 col-sm-4 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 palm-border--bottom border-grey-lighter equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:99%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478083" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--stretch col-12 px-0 "> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478083/a-technocratic-solution"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cbf9333d959c.jpg" alt="A technocratic solution?"/></a></div> </figure> <div class="clearfix"></div>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478083" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478083/a-technocratic-solution" class="story__link">A technocratic solution? </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Greater reliance on technocrats in a parliamentary form of government weakens the political process. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list px-0 col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478082" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478082/winning-with-empathy"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cbf92f6ab2ec.jpg" alt="Winning with empathy"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478082" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478082/winning-with-empathy" class="story__link">Winning with empathy </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/authors/410/rafia-zakaria">Rafia Zakaria</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Entire movements in India have been constructed on the policy of Muslim exclusion. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478081" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478081/plane-to-prison"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cbf9296ee5dc.jpg" alt="Plane to prison"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478081" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478081/plane-to-prison" class="story__link">Plane to prison </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/authors/2117/muhammad-usman">Muhammad Usman</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Recently the government has devoted significant attention to the issue of Pakistani migrant workers in prison abroad. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478080" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478080/unexpected-agony"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cbf9239780ad.jpg" alt="Unexpected agony"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478080" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478080/unexpected-agony" class="story__link">Unexpected agony </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/authors/322/mahir-ali">Mahir Ali</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">Why Sri Lanka was targeted is unclear. </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1477854" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 sm-float-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477854/khans-eight-month-itch"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2019/04/5cbe727421d55.jpg" alt="Khan’s eight-month itch"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477854" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-five sm-size-five leading-tight py-0 "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1477854/khans-eight-month-itch" class="story__link">Khan’s eight-month itch </a></h2> <div class=" mt-1 "><span class="story__byline size-three text-black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/authors/57/arifa-noor">Arifa Noor</a></span> </div>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">The PM hangs on to his time-honoured habit of making decisions abruptly with little thought for the consequences. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear--both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border-3 border-r-0 border-b-0 border-l-0 border-solid border-black mx-sm-2 mx-0"> <h3 class="my-2"><a class="font--playfair-display size-nine leading-tight text-black-light" href="/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Editorial</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list mt-2"> <div class="clear--both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478086" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> April 24, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478086" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478086/security-concerns" class="story__link">Security concerns </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">PRIME Minister Imran Khan’s statements on Monday at a joint press conference with President Hassan Rouhani during... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478085" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> April 24, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478085" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478085/anti-polio-panic" class="story__link">Anti-polio panic </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">PANDEMONIUM gripped KP amidst a province-wide polio eradication drive, threatening to stop this critical campaign in... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1478084" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> April 24, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1478084" class="story__title font--playfair-display text-black-light size-four sm-size-five leading-tight "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190424112813/https://www.dawn.com/news/1478084/foreign-tourists" class="story__link">Foreign tourists </a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-four text-black font--georgia ">EARLIER this month, the Pakistan Tourism Summit kicked off with a host of well-known foreign vloggers in attendance.... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right border-grey-lighter palm-border--bottom equalize last-child-border-none float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1477850" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text-grey font--arial "><span class="timestamp--label">Updated</span> April 23, 2019</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1477850" class="story__title font--playfair-display 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