Pakistan, April 17 -- A string of finance ministers in the recent past have come and tried their best to straighten out the knots and give the country a semblance of direction but, ultimately, bowed out of their thankless job.

So when the newly-minted, fresh-off-the-corporate boat finance minister sits in the global headquarters, stares into the eyes of heavy guns and proclaims, "Pakistan does not need too many policy prescriptions," he does deserve a pat on his back for having the courage to state out the obvious. No one's denying the need to sort out our affairs.

Skytouching inflation rates, large fiscal deficit, abysmally low foreign exchange reserves and little to no interest in the world to invest in our country loom large. However...