CPEC on Accelerated Path | Editorial
AT its first meeting on Thursday, the National Development Council took some important decisions about the development of Balochistan and …
Read MorePak, US For Economic Relations | Editorial
AS the meeting of Prime Minister Imran Khan with US President Donald Trump proved to be important one in breaking …
Read MorePakistan and FATF | Editorial
Will Trump help Pakistan out? While the US bureaucracy’s overall mindset on Pakistan remains decidedly negative, US President Donald Trump …
Read MoreTrump’s Global War on Trade By Azhar Azam
President Donald Trump once again popped up on Twitter with his impulsive brashness over China, and announced 10% additional tariffs …
Read MoreEconomy and security By Raashid Wali Janjua
Pakistan’s security and economy have jostled closely as conjoined twins right from the country’s inception as an independent state in …
Read MoreStability and identity RanaBy Muhammad Amir
WHILE its effects are palpably visible in political and economic ambits, instability also adds to confusion and insecurities, and causes …
Read MoreIssues in World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report and Pakistan’s growth outlook By OMER JAVED
The World Bank came out with its June 2019 Global Economic Prospects (GEP): Heightened Tensions, Subdued Investment report, where the …
Read MoreThe economy can be fixed By Jawad Kamal
There is no denying the impression that economy plays a consequential role in the progress of any country. It is …
Read MoreFaltering economy | Editorial
MUCH of it was already known, but it bears repeating from an official platform like the latest Economic Survey of …
Read MoreChina-Pakistan economic ties amid external threats By Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has been progressively progressing. Both sides are cognizant to the economic and political significance of the development …
Read MoreEconomic review of Pakistan under IMF support By Hassnain Javed
Pakistan has a long-standing relationship with IMF, signing 22 plans starting from its first deal on Dec 28, 1958 until …
Read MoreIMF programme: problem with tackling inflation and exchange rate issues By OMER JAVED ,
In the recent statement on the staff-level agreement between Pakistan and the IMF on a three-year EFF (Extended Fund Facility) …
Read MoreThe cost of economic dependency By Ayaz Ahmed
Pakistan’s protracted economic reliance on the US and some international financial institutions (IFIs) has seemingly deprived our geo-economically important country …
Read MoreBeware of geo-economics By Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal
Today, we are at the threshold of a new geopolitical and geo-economic world order; in which the methods of commerce …
Read MoreRe-engineering of economy | Dr Farid A Malik
Most of the debt driven economies of the 20th century never made it. The ‘Shylocks’ got them. People’s Republic of …
Read MoreThe Adjustment Months: Pakistan, IMF, and Beyond By Ammar Habib Khan
In October, 2018, we wrote about what to expect from the IMF Extended Fund Facility and how that affects you …
Read MoreDon’t blame the IMF By S. Akbar Zaidi
THERE is little disagreement that Pakistan’s economy is in a disastrous state. Even the prime minister and Pakistan’s last finance …
Read MoreTwo legs of economic management By Khurram Husain
SO the circle is complete. As of this week, we have the two favourite ingredients that have defined our economic …
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