2024-05-09-12-44

Long on rhetoric, short on action

EDITORIAL: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in the capital of the Gambia, Banjul, said all the... Published 09 May, 2024 03:11am

2024-05-08-01-34

Tax targets for FY25

EDITORIAL: The first quarterly review report on the recently concluded Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) available on the... Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am

2024-05-08-01-34

Stifling of the digital space

EDITORIAL: The Pakistani state’s continued quest to tightly regulate the digital space has yielded yet another... Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am

2024-05-07-01-24

State of the economy

EDITORIAL: The April Monthly Economic Update and Outlook uploaded on the Finance Division website begins on a... Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am

2024-05-07-01-24

Showing off the dirty laundry

EDITORIAL: Perhaps the prime minister could have, rather should have, prepared a better pitch for Pakistan’s... Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am

2024-05-06-01-45

Hurting growth of formal economy

EDITORIAL: At a time when the federal government and finance minister are all talking about documenting the economy... Published 06 May, 2024 05:30am

2024-05-06-01-45

The Maulana wasn’t entirely wrong

EDITORIAL: Politics is a fickle business. JUI-F (Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman headed... Published 06 May, 2024 05:30am

2024-05-05-12-58

Export promotion

EDITORIAL: It seems the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) is doing the government’s, especially the commerce... Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am

2024-05-05-12-58

Combating corruption

EDITORIAL: Speaking at a Labour Day event in Lahore, Shehbaz Sharif while talking about challenging economic... Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am

2024-05-04-01-39

PPP puts its full weight behind PPP

EDITORIAL: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), on the occasion of the... Published 04 May, 2024 05:48am

2024-05-04-01-39

Punjab’s wheat crisis

EDITORIAL: There’s a reason PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz) is being blamed, and will not be able to escape... Published 04 May, 2024 05:48am

2024-05-03-01-24

Cost of IMF’s bailouts

EDITORIAL: It is instructive that statements like former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s latest nugget, that... Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

2024-05-03-01-24

Education emergency

EDITORIAL: Under the eighth UN Millennium Development goals, among other targets, Pakistan was committed to ... Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

2024-05-02-01-11

A questionable policy stance

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) dated 29 April 2024 left the discount rate unchanged at 22 percent on... Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am

2024-05-02-01-11

What does Dar’s elevation reveal?

EDITORIAL: The appointment of Foreign Minister and former finance minister Ishaq Dar as deputy prime minister is... Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am

2024-05-01-01-00

Inflation unchecked

EDITORIAL: The Sensitive Price Index for the week ending 25 April 2024, consisting of 51 essential items collected... Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am

2024-05-01-01-00

Campus protests: new flashpoint in US

EDITORIAL: Until recently, even a mild criticism of Israel’s policies in the US, especially in universities, could... Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am

2024-04-30-01-17

Deregulating petroleum sector: curb smuggling first

EDITORIAL: Finance minister Mohammad Aurangzeb recently said in a conference that bold energy and taxation reforms... Updated 30 Apr, 2024 12:40pm

2024-04-30-01-17

Export of raw items

EDITORIAL: Pakistan continues to grapple with the impact of relentless food inflation, fuelled by the consistent... Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am

2024-04-29-01-30

Rise in reserves

EDITORIAL: Federal Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb while talking to the press after delivering a keynote address... Updated 29 Apr, 2024 05:23am