Trump threatens to withdraw US from World Trade Organisation
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump threatened in an interview with Bloomberg News on Thursday to withdraw from the World Trade …
Read MorePassage to Knowledge Economy By Dr. Muhammad Mukhtar
At the time of independence in 1947, Pakistan inherited the British education system with a single public sector higher education …
Read MoreEconomic Realities | Editorial
Pakistan appears to be scrambling around on a piecemeal treasure hunt of sorts. In July alone, the country borrowed $439 …
Read MoreEliminating Circular Debt — Challenges And Opportunities By Zia Ur Rehman
For a government the easiest task is to sign off on multi-billion loans and mega-projects with multinationals. They then choose …
Read MoreAnalysing Pakistan’s Economic And Foreign Policy By Syed Zeeshan Haider
Pakistan faces two major issues at the moment. The first is its topsy-turvy economy and the second is the ensuing …
Read MoreMoody’s Warning | Editorial
The Moody’s Investors Service has rated Pakistan among the markets most vulnerable to dollar appreciation, which in simple words means …
Read MoreEasing of Pak-India Trade Tensions By Shahid Javed Burki
The possible easing of tensions between Pakistan and India will have to occur in a difficult environment. To begin with …
Read MoreUS-China Trade Negotiations End With Little Progress By James Politi
US and Chinese officials have ended two days of talks aimed at easing trade tensions without a clear breakthrough, ensuring …
Read MoreMeasures to Strengthen The Economy By Talat Masood
Dealing effectively with the financial crisis would certainly be one of the first tasks of the newly-inducted government. Seeking an …
Read MorePakistan and Turkey: Case Studies of Economies in Stress By Shahid Javed Burki
One way of understanding what is happening to the financial and economic systems in Pakistan is to compare the country’s …
Read MorePakistan’s Economic Crisis and the IMF By Yousuf Nazar
Pakistan’s incoming Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan recently Tweeted “President Erdogan and the people of Turkey know we are praying …
Read MoreEconomy And IMF By Dr Vaqar Ahmed
The end of fiscal year 2018 saw Pakistan’s current account deficit widening to a record high USD 18 billion. This …
Read MoreWhat is Bad: Economy or Its Management? By Iqbal Khan
THE outgoing caretaker of country’s finance had only been viewing the matters from a banker’s “balance sheet perspective”—and, hence, portraying …
Read MoreTrading War Drums By KK Shahid
As the PTI government takes off this week, among the most noteworthy tasks on its immediate to-do list is addressing …
Read MoreCurbing Trade Deficit | Editorial
ONE of the biggest challenges the incoming government will face when it goes about the business of fixing the imbalances …
Read MoreCPEC: Moving Pakistan Ahead By Dr. Ahmad Rashid Malik
Institutional work on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been getting slow due to a variety of reasons. Most of …
Read MoreCapitalising Pak-ASEAN Economies By M Nawaz Khan
PAKISTAN has followed its look East policy, which it calls the “Vision East Asia” aimed at building partnerships with the …
Read MoreThe Security Risks of a Trade War With China By Ali Wyne
Trade tensions between the United States and China continue to rise. In June, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration announced that …
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