The 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 MoreDoing More For The IMF? By Dr Pervez Tahir
It is ironic that the major shareholders of the IMF, the organisation in the business of making its members solvent, …
Read MoreBudgeting The Budget By Mirza Shahnawaz Agha
ONE can budget what one has and for what one does not have one can aspire, desire, plan on having, …
Read MoreDonald Trump Declares Trade War on China By Martin Wolf
The Trump administration has presented China with an ultimatum on trade. That is what the US’s “draft framework” for the …
Read MoreGrowth Warning | Editorial
The outgoing PML-N government has often showed off its economic performance and is basing its re-election campaign in part on …
Read MoreBoosting Pak-Afghan Trade By Saddam Hussein
Pakistan has formally reopened the Ghulam Khan crossing point — a major trade route with its landlocked neighbour, Afghanistan, after …
Read MoreCPEC, Its Geopolitical Challenges By Muhammad Javed Siddique
HIGHER than the mountains, deeper than the oceans, stronger than steel, dearer than eyesight and sweeter than honey” These are …
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Trump's Trade Rhetoric Is Already Hurting America By Matthew J. Slaughter
As 2018 wears on, talk of a trade war has refused to fade. China and the United States are planning …
Read MoreChina’s Vision 2025 | Editorial
CHINA is making new strides in economic and industrial sectors thanks to the Leadership Vision 2025 that is turning the …
Read MorePakistan Needs to Allocate More For Development to Drive up Growth By Hussain H Zaidi
ISLAMABAD: In Pakistan, a large fiscal deficit is the norm regardless of the pace of economic growth. Between FY04 and …
Read MoreThe Growth Problem | Editorial
The international verdict on Pakistan continues to get more gloomy, despite the fighting words of the current government. In its …
Read MoreThe Economy of Corridors By M Ziauddin
The nearly 60-billion-dollar CPEC project has the potential to bring about a sea change in Pakistan’s economic model it has …
Read MoreEconomic Survey and the Budget By Dr Pervez Tahir
These columns observed on April 13th 2018: “After a long time, the GDP growth has increased every year since 2012-13. …
Read MoreWill The Economy Continue to Grow Despite Challenges? By Nasir Jamal
Pakistan’s economy will grow by 5.8 per cent this year, highest in 13 years when it grew by 7.2on in …
Read MoreIndia Poised to Turn SCO into SAARC? By Iqbal Khan
TONE of Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) recent foreign minister level meeting was set by the Indian decision of not endorsing …
Read MoreThe Budget: Tools For Economic Analysis By Iftikhar Ahmad
In almost every country in the world, budgetary policy is a well-recognised major tool for the development and stabilisation of …
Read MoreDevelopment of land-based Economic Systems| Shahid Javed Burki
According to several newspaper accounts, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s statement to the Senate on March 2, was received with considerable …
Read MoreCPEC: Symbol of Regional Integration | Dr Muhammad Khan
The concept of globalisation can well be defined as global interconnectedness, which is achieved through regional connectivity. The regional connectivity …
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