Pre-Budget Outlook By Dr Hasnain Javed
Pakistan’s outgoing FY 2020-21 is ending on a high note. The country boasts more than 3.9 percent GDP growth (almost …
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Trade Deficit | Editorial
PAKISTAN’S trade deficit has expectedly widened sharply during May, the ministry of commerce data showed on Wednesday. The gap between …
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Rising Exports | Editorial
EXPORTS from Pakistan continue to show an upward trend as overseas shipments jumped significantly by 13.6pc to $20.9bn during the …
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Pakistan’s Growth Miracle By Hasaan Khawar
The World Bank projected that Pakistan’s economy would grow by 1.3% in 2020-21. The IMF predicted 1.5% growth, whereas the …
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Significant Growth | Editorial
Financial Year 2020-2021’s initial estimates of growth have come as a pleasant surprise to many, including perhaps the top economic …
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Reducing Deficit | Editorial
THE numbers show that the government has managed to arrest growth in fiscal deficit — the difference between the government’s …
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Path of Growth | Editorial
FINANCE MINISTER Shaukat Tarin finally specified the future direction that the country’s economic policy will take when he disclosed his …
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Budget 2021: A Tough Call | Editorial
All is not well with the world today. With economies still busy firefighting the uncertainties of the pandemic–second year in …
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Declining Regional Trade | Editorial
According to the data released by the State Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan’s exports to regional countries have decreased by 5.7 …
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China-Iran deal and CPEC By Naveed Aman Khan
THE China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is one of the constituent corridors of the Silk Road Economic Belt (SREB). CPEC is …
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Economic Insight By Advocate Hammad Ali
Formed to improve and protect the lives of down trodden and marginalised community of the sub continent, unfortunately, after the …
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China’s Road to Poverty Alleviation By Azhar Azam
The economic development of China has been construed as miraculous by many experts, state heads and international financial institutions including …
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Other Side of the Economy | Editorial
While everybody’s been concerned about high prices, especially in a small basket of commodities considered essential, there has been a …
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Remittances Continue to Surprise | Editorial
The record inflow of remittances – clocking in at more than $2 billion for more than 10 months now – …
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D-8 Summit | Editorial
PM Imran Khan has called on the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation – comprising eight of the most populous Muslim-majority …
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Economic Future | Editorial
After the UN report and the World Bank forecast, now we have another subdued projection about Pakistan’s economic growth. The …
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IMF Forecast | Editorial
THE IMF’s new forecast of a subdued economic growth rate of 1.5pc for Pakistan in the current fiscal represents an …
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Economic Growth | Editorial
Pakistan was not alone in braving economic grievances last year. However, going by the IMF’s estimates of a strong global …
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