A Flawed Fiscal Policy By Shahzad Tahir
The financial year 2018-19 began with an unprecedented move when an unelected finance minister presented the incumbent government’s sixth full-year …
Read MoreStrengthening The Economy By Mirza Shahnawaz Agha
Natural Resources and Human Resources are the two factors of strength for any economy. Whilst natural resources are a provision …
Read MoreCommodity Composition of Foreign Trade By Yusuf H. Shirazi
With important structural changes in Pakistan’s economy, the commodity composition of the country’s imports, as well as exports, has transformed. …
Read MoreSCO: Ensuring Regional Peace and Connectivity By Saadat Hassan Bilal
The forthcoming Qingdao summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is likely to endorse a five-year framework for the implementation of …
Read MoreFuture of Chabahar Port in Limbo By Ayaz Ahmed
When the US had lifted sanctions on Iran as a result of the Iran nuclear deal of 2015, the Rouhani-led …
Read MoreSustainable Economic Growth By Salman Ahmed Shaikh
ECONOMIC growth is all set to touch 6 percent mark for the current fiscal year, but sustaining high economic growth …
Read MoreNew Era of Pakistan-China Relations By Zamir Ahmed Awan
Our formal diplomatic relationship was established on 21st May 1951 but the history of our relationship goes back to thousands …
Read MoreEconomic Vulnerabilities | Editorial
Debt time bomb Whatever the outgoing government has achieved on the economic front, or otherwise, it has done so on …
Read MoreFighting Inequality In Asia And The Pacific – OpEd By Shamshad Akhtar
Inequality is increasing in Asia and the Pacific. Our region’s remarkable economic success story belies a widening gap between rich …
Read MoreMore Relief in Budget | Editorial
MINISTER for Finance and Economic Affairs Miftah Ismail has not only successfully preserved the basic characteristics of the Federal Budget …
Read MoreEU Launches Economic Plan in bid to Salvage Iran Nuclear Deal
The European Union on Tuesday launched work on a nine-point economic plan to keep the Iran nuclear deal alive after …
Read MoreDevelopment Strategy By Muhammad Zahid Raffat
Federal and provincial budgets, which are currently are being announced or have been presented, mainly comprise two parts i.e. current …
Read MoreCPEC and Capacity Building in Pakistan By Asia Maqsood
Recent decades have seen a tremendous technological progress in computing and telecommunications. The contemporary world will see huge impact of …
Read MoreEnergy Imports – An Emerging Threat to Economy By Akhtar Ali
ISLAMABAD: The trade gap and debt trap are being forecast as two major risks to Pakistan’s economy. An interim fall …
Read MoreUnderstanding Macroeconomics : The Great Depression By Dr. Asad Zaman
Due to frequent headlines, there is substantial public awareness of core macroeconomic issues like unemployment, trade agreements, exchange rates, deficit, …
Read MorePakistan Urged to Focus on EU, Not Just China
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, while focusing on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), should also look beyond in the European Union (EU), amid …
Read MoreThe Other Side of CPEC By Moonis Ahmar
While speaking at the opening ceremony of the 8th Judicial Conference organised by the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan …
Read MorePoverty Nightmare By Rashid A Mughal
ACCORDING to a World Bank Report, Poverty is the biggest challenge facing the world as despite collective efforts of UN …
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