PML-N’s Privatisation Agenda
One hears contrasting views whenever one pontificates over the policies and performance of the PML-N government. There is one view …
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IN a recent conference call with journalists, the Fund’s mission chief for Pakistan was asked what the ongoing programme has …
Read MoreEconomic Prospects for 2016
In its latest report, Global Economic Prospects 2016, the World Bank has warned of threats to developing economies, highlighting that …
Read MorePolitical Economy of Taxation | Sakib Sherani
IF a second marriage is dubbed a “triumph of hope over experience”, what should an eighth tax amnesty scheme be …
Read MoreWhat’s Next for the World Economy? | Samuel Rines
The Chinese and U.S. economies are changing—but it’s too soon to call it a ‘new normal.’ While markets are having …
Read MoreCPEC: The Case for the Western Route | Hurmat Ali Shah
Pakistan is supposed to be a federation, where the federating units should have judicious share of national resources. Developmental projects …
Read MoreIt’s Quite Possible to Contain Corruption | M Ziauddin
Market economy in its crassest form and democracy in its formative stages is a deadly combination. Among other side-effects, this …
Read MoreTime to say Goodbye to IMF? | Rashid Amjad
Economics is often described as a dismal science. So, when you read that the Pakistan economy — after eight years …
Read MoreUnderstanding GDP and its Growth | Dr Kamal Monnoo
There is a lot of talk about the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth number not only in our average daily …
Read MorePakistan Once Again on the map of Emerging Markets | Farhat Ali
It was in the year 2007 when Pakistan was rated as one of the four leading emerging economies of Asia …
Read MoreIMF: The Ninth Review | Dr Hafiz A Pasha
The IMF has once again adopted a soft and sympathetic approach to reviewing Pakistan’s performance under the Extended Fund Facility. …
Read MoreSolar, nuclear, hydel? Pakistan’s best power solution is…
If social and bulk of conventional media is to be believed, Kalabagh Damalone is the solution to all our energy …
Read MoreLaw & Order Strategy And Economic Effects | Dr Muhammad Khan
NATIONAL Action Plan by the government of Pakistan is a best initiative to maintain law and order situation in the …
Read MoreGlobal Trade & Geo-Politics | Amna Ejaz Rafi
The former Director General of the WTO, Pascal Lamy, suggested to an audience in Melbourne in November 2012 that the …
Read MoreEconomic Prospects of CPEC | Sulman Ahmed
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is becoming an economic prospect not many nations of the world can ignore much longer. …
Read MorePrivatisation of Public-Sector Assets | Farhat Ali
For attaining higher growth and boosting economy the government will have to go for mass-scale privatisation despite fierce opposition. This …
Read MoreA Geo-Economics-led World Order | M Ziauddin
A new international order seems to be emerging defined overwhelmingly by geo-economics rather than geopolitics. In this new order, the …
Read MorePakistan now 138th Among 189 Economies
ISLAMABAD: It might come as a surprise to PML-N supporters, but its pro-business perception received a slight jolt on Wednesday, as …
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