Increase In FDI | Editorial
According to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Pakistan has made a significant improvement in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) …
Read MoreThe US- China Trade War By Naeem Khan Qaisrani
The USA and China have a decades-old trade relationship when in 1979 both nations established diplomatic relations and signed a …
Read MoreGetting Out of FATF Trap By Iqbal Khan
YES! We were pushed into Financial Action Tas Force (FATF) trap through an Indo-US conspiracy by circumventing the then in-vogue …
Read MoreUS-China Trade Deal | Editorial
Trade relations between the US and China finally appear to be heading in a positive direction as the Trump administration …
Read MoreGlobal Economic Outlook For 2020 By Rashid A Mughal
A year ago, the global economy seemed poised for smooth sailing. However, as 2019 progressed, trade tensions dragged down corporate …
Read MoreThe ASEAN Way: Moving Beyond Economics By Dr Maqsudul Hasan Nuri
COOPERATION between some Asian nations in the last few decades has stimulated increasingly com plex and overlapping institutions. As Southeast …
Read MoreEconomy in 2020 | Editorial
THE incoming year will be a decisive one for the economy. The stabilisation that saw a tortured start in 2019 …
Read MoreTime For a Paradigm Shift in Pakistan’s Trade By Aadil Nakhoda
KARACHI: One of the major challenges the current government faced when it came to power was the burgeoning current account …
Read More2019 A Year of Economic Ups & Downs By Imran Ali Kundi
ISLAMABAD – The top leadership of the government is claiming to achieve the economic stabilisation in year 2019, while the …
Read MoreEconomy in Year 2019 | Editorial
That Pakistan’s economy went from bad to worse in the outgoing year is hardly debatable. At the outset of 2019, …
Read MoreReining in the Circular Debt By Khaleeq Kiani
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the first review of its 39-month loan programme to enable the immediate disbursement …
Read MoreImproving Economic Health | Editorial
Pakistan is proving itself in terms of fulfilment of the clauses set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as part …
Read MoreThe Economy is king in Donald Trump’s Re-election Bid By Brendan Greeley
Early in 2018, Republicans in Washington ran an experiment: after passing a tax cut, they poured additional government spending into …
Read MoreThe Clash of Capitalisms By Branko Milanovic
Capitalism rules the world. With only the most minor exceptions, the entire globe now organizes economic production the same way: …
Read MoreDigital Pakistan Vision & Challenges By Abdul Rahman Malik
PAKISTAN is amongst such fortunate countries where youth population is 60% of the total population. This percentage of the regular …
Read MoreAs EU-US Relations Falter By Azhar Azam
President Trump’s stubborn “America First” strategy not only mills him to slap tariffs on rival China’s goods, but his invasive …
Read MorePakistan’s New Tax Reforms By Muhammad Khudadad Chattha
Pakistan has embarked on an ambitious $400 million tax reform programme in partnership with the World Bank. At a macro …
Read MoreRupee Appreciation | Editorial
The Pakistani rupee is starting to see better days after the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) government depreciated the currency substantially, claiming …
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