Bear in mind if you had been a bit child and went make-up procuring along with your mother? You in all probability stumbled upon a vibrant show of Medora lipsticks and nail polishes, and couldn’t resist admiring each single tiny container, wishing you would purchase all of them. You needed to develop up quick in order that nobody may inform you nail polish was unhealthy to your nails, or that lipstick was for grownups solely. 

So that you’re older now. And so is Medora. And so is the make-up sport in Pakistan. And, it’s hotter than Karachi’s warmth.

 

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For the previous three months the federal authorities has been mendacity to you. What’s worse, they’ve been telling you a similar lie time and again in a futile try to calm the nerves of a nation on the point of full financial collapse and already within the midst of a full-blown political and constitutional disaster. 

The lie in query is {that a} workers degree settlement with the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF) is simply across the nook. But with each passing day the federal government’s mantra of “only a few days” has continued to ring hole and their actions have change into extra erratic and tough to make sense of. Maybe nothing encapsulates this higher than the announcement of a scheme to offer subsidised petrol to low-income households by slashing gasoline costs for bikes, rickshaws, and automobiles below 800cc. 

Already the IMF has mentioned in so many phrases {that a} bailout will not be coming till an understanding is reached on the brand new gasoline pricing scheme. Cooked up in closed rooms, offered on lacklustre PowerPoint slides, and compelled upon an business accomplice with no selection however to conform there’s a lot that may go fallacious with this plan and little or no that may work.   

Revenue got down to reply some primary questions: 

• What precisely are the specifics of the scheme which the federal government claims will add no added spending burden on its finances? 
• Is the fundamental arithmetic behind the idea sound? 
• What might presumably go fallacious? 
• What’s the target market for the scheme and is it definitely worth the threat? 
• Why on this planet would they do that proper now? 

The solutions haven’t been encouraging. Representatives of the oil business have agreed to talk freely solely off the file and have been wildly crucial. Political opponents have railed towards the transfer and most analysts and opinion-makers have felt the introduction of the scheme is misguided and badly timed. And with the sword of the IMF hanging dangerously near our heads, how will this play out?

 

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Each litre of gasoline you devour irrespective of the place you’re in Pakistan has the identical promoting worth – the one decided by the Oil Gasoline and Regulatory Authority (OGRA). The price of transporting gasoline to totally different components of the nation is, nonetheless, not the identical. It clearly prices extra to move gasoline to the north of the nation, on condition that it largely lands or is refined within the southern ports.

To make sure the value stays equal, the regulator has a pricing mechanism referred to as the Inland Freight Equalisation Margin (IFEM). Don’t fear, it isn’t as difficult because it sounds – and by the top of this, you’ll get the gist of it, and one thing else very attention-grabbing about it.

 

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