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Anjum Ibrahim

Additional thoughts on the budget
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Additional thoughts on the budget

Budget for fiscal year 2019-20 was reminiscent of measures favoured by previous finance ministers particularly Ishaq Dar: it fully met the precise prior International Monetary Fund (IMF) condition of achieving a primary deficit of 0.6 percent of Gross Dom
Published 17 Jun, 2019 12:00am
Adhering to IMF's prior condition
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Adhering to IMF's prior condition

The budget 2019-20 read out by Hammad Azhar the Minister of State for Revenue adheres to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) prior condition of the primary deficit at 0.6 percent of GDP: total deficit (3.15 trillion rupees) minus total markup (2.89
Published 12 Jun, 2019 12:00am
Adhering to IMF''s prior condition
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Adhering to IMF''s prior condition

The budget 2019-20 read out by Hammad Azhar the Minister of State for Revenue adheres to the International Monetary Fund''s (IMF''s) prior condition of the primary deficit at 0.6 percent of GDP: total deficit (3.15 trillion rupees) minus total markup (2.8
Published 12 Jun, 2019 12:00am
Adhering to IMF's prior condition
Print

Adhering to IMF's prior condition

The budget 2019-20 read out by Hammad Azhar the Minister of State for Revenue adheres to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) prior condition of the primary deficit at 0.6 percent of GDP: total deficit (3.15 trillion rupees) minus total markup (2.89
Published 12 Jun, 2019 12:00am
Adhering to IMF''''s prior condition
Print

Adhering to IMF''''s prior condition

The budget 2019-20 read out by Hammad Azhar the Minister of State for Revenue adheres to the International Monetary Fund''''s (IMF''''s) prior condition of the primary deficit at 0.6 percent of GDP: total deficit (3.15 trillion rupees) minus total markup
Published 12 Jun, 2019 12:00am
The Economic Survey 2018-19
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The Economic Survey 2018-19

Lack of ownership by the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Hafeez Sheikh is patently evident in the contents of the Economic Survey 2018-19 as it compares achievements with targets set not by the Khan administration but by the Shahid Khaqan Abba
Published 11 Jun, 2019 12:00am
The Economic Survey 2018-19
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The Economic Survey 2018-19

Lack of ownership by the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Hafeez Sheikh is patently evident in the contents of the Economic Survey 2018-19 as it compares achievements with targets set not by the Khan administration but by the Shahid Khaqan Abba
Published 11 Jun, 2019 12:00am
Poverty alleviation a la Chinese style
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Poverty alleviation a la Chinese style

Prime Minister Imran Khan while addressing the opening ceremony of the second Belt and Road initiative (BRI) summit in Beijing titled "Shaping a Brighter Future" reiterated his admiration for China in lifting 800 million Chinese out of poverty within a ma
Published 10 Jun, 2019 12:00am
The budget 2019-20
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The budget 2019-20

An extremely harsh 2019-20 budget is the general expectation based on the 'prior' International Monetary Fund (IMF) condition to bring the primary deficit to 0.6 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from the current 1.9 claimed by the government (2.1 p
Published 10 Jun, 2019 12:00am
The budget 2019-20
Markets

The budget 2019-20

An extremely harsh 2019-20 budget is the general expectation based on the 'prior' International Monetary Fund (IMF) condition to bring the primary deficit to 0.6 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from the current 1.9 claimed by the government (2.1 p
Published 10 Jun, 2019 12:00am
In defence of Hafeez Sheikh
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In defence of Hafeez Sheikh

Eight months after forming the government in the centre Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI), like the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was compelled to hire the same technocrat, Dr Hafeez Sheikh, to lead its economic team but with one critical difference: Sheikh
Published 03 Jun, 2019 12:00am