Misperceptions of IMF | Dr Hafiz A Pasha
The Executive Board of the IMF must be thanked once again for its very sympathetic eighth quarterly review of Pakistan, …
Read MoreIllusions of Economic Development | Rabbia Nasir
Numbers speak louder than words The economy of Pakistan is such a puzzle – where the ruling elite keeps …
Read MoreA New Emerging Market | Munir Akram
IN the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis in the US and, later, in Europe, global economic growth was generated …
Read MoreIndia-Pakistan Economic Cooperation | Danish Ahmed Khan
Considering the effects of a large market, regional cooperation will invariably lead to a larger market size for the products …
Read MoreAdrift without a plan |Sakib Sherani
AROUND a month ago, the UK newspaper Financial Times (FT) did a story on Pakistan’s economic performance and how the …
Read MoreThe Interest Rate Conundrum! | Dr Kamal Monnoo
To spur investment and economic growth, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) dropped interest rate on September 12, 2015, by …
Read MoreSCO Membership – A Potential Trump Card for Pakistan | Zafar Bhutta
ISLAMABAD: The process of granting Pakistan full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) got under way in Ufa during …
Read MorePakistan Extending Training and Technical Support to Developing Countries: PM
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while addressing a high-level roundtable on South-South Cooperation at the United Nations (UN) on …
Read MoreThe Balochistan conundrum | Ali Ahsan
In his 1997 book “The Grand Chessboard,” former US national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski described the critical importance of Eurasia …
Read MoreFinancial Inclusion | M Ziauddin
Pakistan’s banking sector is seemingly adequately mature and fairly sophisticated. Thanks largely to the very stringent prudential regulations of the …
Read MoreBudget Transparency and Accountability | Abdullah Alam
WITH the Sustainable Development Goals ready to be finalised this month, there is a consensus over their objectives and the …
Read MoreIndia Worried About Afghanistan-Pakistan Trade Deals
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan have shelved a raft of agreements that promised to more than triple cross-border trade, officials said, …
Read MorePakistan’s Taxing Problem | Abdul Majeed Abid
Soon after partition, a ticket collector was making the rounds of a train and asked one of the passengers to …
Read MoreThe Failure of Economic Democracy | Dr Zafar Altaf
Democracy is not about national assemblies and certainly not about asset building. It has its roots everywhere and is answerable …
Read MoreWorld Notices ‘Surprising Turnaround’ as Pakistan’s Economy Revives
Be it the increased investment in Pakistan, reduced terrorist attacks or the public flocking back to markets and resorts – …
Read MoreThe Exchange Rate Debate | M Ziauddin
The state of the world economy as noted by the G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors at a meeting …
Read MoreOptimism And Economics
Due to the strong relationship that Pakistan has with China, the economic crisis in China is raising alarms in Pakistani …
Read MoreAsian Century: Is the Dream Coming True? | Amna Malik
There is a vast scope of cooperation between Central and South Asia Nature has beatified the soil and the people …
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