The Current State of the Chinese Economy By Shahid Javed Burki
Pakistan’s relations with China would depend to a considerable degree on the latter’s economic situation. The promised set of investments …
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Pakistan-China Trade in the Hour of Crisis By S M Naveed
PAKISTAN China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been striving hard to continue trade relations between business communities of …
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Trading Across Borders By Dr Pervez Tahir
With the economy in difficult straits and its spokespersons desperate, the tendency to keep catching at a straw continues. Instead …
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Legally Speaking, Is Digital Money Really Money? – Analysis By Catalina Margulis and Arthur Rossi
Countries are moving fast toward creating digital currencies. Or, so we hear from various surveys showing an increasing number of …
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Moody’s Forecast | Editorial
After the World Bank projected Pakistan’s economy to grow by 0.5 percent this fiscal, which was very different from the …
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Digitisation of Pakistan’s Economy — Security Aspects By Major Adil Raja(R)
He sounded so convincing, on the phone, with his posh English accent. I received his call from a local line, …
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Economic Growth | Editorial
MOODY’S Investors Service expects Pakistan’s economy to grow by a modest 1.5pc in FY2021, much higher than the World Bank’s …
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Economic Development and E-commerce By Durdana Najam
Pakistan’s economic progress is directly linked to the participation of its youth in the economic process. For their effective involvement, …
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‘Good News’ From IMF? | Editorial
Perhaps it would have been a little more reassuring if the news about the “good news” about the IMF program …
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Global Dynamics in 2021 By Maleeha Lodhi
AT this time of the year many reports and assessments are published looking at the year ahead, identifying global dynamics …
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Dissecting the EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement By Dr Muhammad Khurram
RECENTLY I came across a lot of friends who were really confused about Brexit. Some though Britain was still in …
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Pakistan-China Trade in Iffy Times By S M Naveed
PAKISTAN-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been striving hard to continue trade relations between business communities of Pakistan …
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Increased Trade Deficit | Editorial
According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the country’s trade deficit widened by 32 percent in December 2020. The …
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Global Economic Outlook For 2021 By Rashid A Mughal
YEAR 2020 has been a year of disaster for the global economy. All the predictions and forecasts made in January …
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Valued-Added Exports | Editorial
According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), our exports for December 2020 surpassed the 2019 figure. More importantly, the …
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SBP Report | Editorial
NEXT to the World Bank’s forecast on economic expansion in Pakistan during the present fiscal year, the State Bank’s growth …
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Circular Debt | Editorial
THE government’s plan to settle the outstanding dues of IPPs amounting to Rs450bn in three tranches is only the first …
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Year of Growth | Editorial
While the prime minister might have exaggerated the effect of recent upside surprises in export and inflation figures a little, …
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