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Ali Khizar

Goodbye to easing
Markets

Goodbye to easing

Policy rate remains unchanged. Between the lines, SBP has communicated that the easing cycle is over. Earlier, signs...
Updated 22 Sep, 2020 03:12am
GDP rebasing: fix PBS first
Opinion

GDP rebasing: fix PBS first

ARTICLE: Key macroeconomic ratios - debt, fiscal and current account are measured in terms of nominal GDP and feed...
Updated 13 Sep, 2020 02:57am
Free the energy market
Markets

Free the energy market

ARTICLE: Development of a competitive energy market is imperative to solve the circular debt puzzle and to bring ...
Published 06 Sep, 2020 02:18am
For the love of Karachi
Opinion

For the love of Karachi

ARTICLE: Karachi is prestigiously part of the world top 10-12 cities club, in terms of population. In terms of...
Updated 30 Aug, 2020 05:21pm
Defusing the pension bomb
Opinion

Defusing the pension bomb

ARTICLE: Tick tock tick. That is the sound that the consolidated budget position of any growing expenditure element...
Updated 23 Aug, 2020 10:11am
Early signs of recovery
Markets

Early signs of recovery

ARTICLE: Many economists and analysts have claimed gloom and doom in the aftermath of Covid-19 and exchange rate...
Published 19 Jul, 2020 02:41am
Housing thrust - the long mile
Opinion

Housing thrust - the long mile

Construction of 100,000 five marla (125 sq. yard) houses in one year can create 200,000 direct jobs for masons, carpenters, and plumbers, etc.
Updated 12 Jul, 2020 12:08pm
CAA: stay home, stay safe?
Opinion

CAA: stay home, stay safe?

PIA's journey from 'great people to fly with' to 'sadly no one wishes to fly with', is a five-decade story....
Updated 05 Jul, 2020 05:19pm
SBP must take a pause
Markets

SBP must take a pause

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is now becoming predicable in its surprises. Right after the announcement of IMF ...
Published 26 Jun, 2020 03:34am
No time for a raise
Opinion

No time for a raise

ARTICLE: It is a tough budget to make this year. The FBR revenues have been stagnant for the last two years. Debt...
Updated 07 Jun, 2020 08:33pm
Fiscal mess - straighten the priorities
Opinion

Fiscal mess - straighten the priorities

Budget-making is in the process. This one is a tough budget to make. Covid-19 demands stimulus; but the fiscal deficit is already too high. The government is asking for no new taxes and demanding stimulus for industries and vulnerable. The government want
Updated 31 May, 2020 08:04am