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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Pakistan’s Deterrence Capability & Escalation Control By Dr Mehmood-ul-Hassan Khan
CONSTANT Indian “warmongering” has now forced Pakistan to take “concrete” steps to further strengthen its “Deterrence” “Capabilities (DCs)” and upgrade …
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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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Defeating The Pandemic | Editorial
According to recent news, as soon as the Phase-I trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Chinese state-owned company …
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Impact of the Pandemic | Editorial
The efforts of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) must be lauded for bringing out data about the effects of …
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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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Climate Change Challenge By Malik M Ashraf
PRESENTLY the world is focused on dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic which has destroyed lives, livelihoods and economies, thus posing …
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Towards a Polio-Free Pakistan in 2021 By Dr Rana Muhammad Safdar
Year 2020 will be remembered for the challenges it brought to global public health. Like others, Pakistan had to focus …
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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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Reforms in Bureaucracy By Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad
DEVELOPMENT on reforms in bureaucracy aiming at a depoliticized and corruption free bureaucratic structure would be discussed later on. Before …
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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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Journey to Freedom and Pakistan By Iftikhar Ahmad
In the middle of the Night, in dimly hazy Light, I was gently pushed around, on a very fast flight, …
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Reopening Schools | Editorial
In a meeting conducted by education ministers in the country, it has been decided that all educational institutes will be …
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Matter of Reopening Schools | Editorial
Federal and provincial education ministers are set to put their heads together once again and decide what to do about …
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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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Pakistan’s New Year Foreign Policy Challenges By Kamran Yousaf
Year 2020 was tumultuous, to say the least, for Pakistan on the foreign policy front. Not just relationship with India …
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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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