Trying to look at Pakistan through Piketty’s prism–I French economist Thomas Piketty’s erudite book Capital and Ideology published in 2019 is considered to be an... Updated 22 Mar, 2023 06:47am
Editorials ‘Reimagining Pakistan’ EDITORIAL: Ideas about rescuing the economy, especially about ending its dependence on donor bailouts, come a dime a... Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:12am
Business & Finance ICCI calls for cut in interest rate ISLAMABAD: Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari, President Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) saying that the 20... Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:12am
Pakistan Pakistan highly vulnerable to climate change: WB KARACHI: Pakistan is highly vulnerable to climate change; in case resilience to the change is not ensured there will... Published 14 Mar, 2023 03:18am
Business & Finance Country can avoid IMF only through higher exports, tax collections: Miftah KARACHI: Former Federal Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Sunday said that in order to avoid International Monetary... Updated 13 Mar, 2023 09:12am
Opinion Economy: we need medication to correct account acidity On February 19, 2023 there was an article on Bloomberg titled China’s Debt Noose Could Strangle Pakistan by Mihir... Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:23am
Business & Finance UAE’s GDP grew 7.6pc in 2022, official says ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates’ economy expanded 7.6% last year, a senior official said on Thursday, about... Published 06 Mar, 2023 07:40am
Opinion Monetary-fiscal history of Latin America: lessons for Pakistan Pakistan today suffers from significant macroeconomic instability, high inflation, a currency crisis and a risk of a... Published 06 Mar, 2023 06:43am
Opinion Progressive fiscal policy The Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has said recently in the... Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am
Business & Finance Indonesia posts 2022 current account surplus on commodity boom JAKARTA: Indonesia booked a current account surplus of $13.2 billion in 2022, or 1% of gross domestic product, as... Published 20 Feb, 2023 12:40pm
Print Fitch further downgrades long-term foreign currency IDR to ‘CCC-’ ISLAMABAD: Fitch Ratings has downgraded Pakistan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to “CCC-”,... Updated 15 Feb, 2023 09:04am
Opinion Budgetary outcome in 1HFY23 The information on fiscal operations from July to December 2022 of the federal and the provincial governments has... Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am
Business & Finance Foreign exchange reserves: Tola underscores need for ‘charter of economy’ LAHORE: Minister of State and Chairman, Reforms and Resource Mobilization Committee Ashfaq Tola has said that the... Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am
Opinion Does Pakistan need domestic debt restructuring? There is growing consensus over the need for debt restructuring within the policymaking community. However, many... Published 13 Feb, 2023 06:03am
Editorials The review: not yet successful EDITORIAL: The Secretary Finance put a positive spin on the final day of discussions/negotiations with the... Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am
Business & Finance Earthquake impact on Turkiye GDP unlikely to be as much as in 1999 DUBAI: The impact of last week’s earthquake on Turkey’s growth domestic product (GDP) is unlikely to be as... Published 12 Feb, 2023 02:58pm
Print First six months: Fiscal deficit swells to 2pc of GDP ISLAMABAD: Fiscal deficit has been recorded at two per cent of the GDP or Rs1,683 billion during the first six ... Updated 09 Feb, 2023 08:41am
Opinion Governance reforms anchored in civil service reforms — I A common refrain these days is that we need to urgently embark upon long overdue structural reforms, allied with... Published 08 Feb, 2023 07:29am
Opinion Letter to a Comrade Dear Muzammil, I hope you are well. It has been a while since we last saw, met or spoke. Judging from your article ... Updated 07 Feb, 2023 02:20pm
Print Policy-level talks with IMF begin today ISLAMABAD: Technical-level talks between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) team are said to have... Updated 07 Feb, 2023 08:40am
Opinion The 80/20 rule for maximising foreign exchange earnings Pakistan’s economy has been facing a number of challenges in recent years, including low growth, high inflation,... Published 06 Feb, 2023 06:20am
Opinion Redefining Pakistan’s economy This article is an effort on not only understanding the fundamental economic issues but also some tough but ... Published 01 Feb, 2023 05:58am
Print Govt team tries to persuade IMF to unlock lending Fund asks Pakistan to withdraw untargeted subsidies, reduce circular debt and meet petroleum levy Updated 01 Feb, 2023 01:18pm
Print IMF revises Pakistan’s GDP growth projections downward Brings it down to 2% for 2023 in World Economic Outlook Update Updated 01 Feb, 2023 01:26pm
Opinion State of the economy The first six months of 2022-23 have witnessed considerable uncertainty about country’s economic prospects. ... Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am
Print Dar challenges financial figures presented by IK ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has accused former prime minister Imran Khan of presenting inaccurate economic... Updated 28 Jan, 2023 08:44am
Business & Finance LCCI holds awareness session on Islamic economy LAHORE: Deputy Chairman of the Board of Governors of Minhaj University Prof Dr Hussain Mohiuddin Qadri on Thursday... Published 27 Jan, 2023 07:42am
Business & Finance Crop insurance needed to protect farmers from losses: Alvi ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi said that agriculture which used to be 50 percent of GDP had lost its value and... Updated 26 Jan, 2023 11:18am
Opinion Energy sector reforms – II: low-hanging fruit rotting Building on previous op-eds, we are aware of Pakistan’s energy sector challenges and measures requiring execution in... Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:25am
Opinion GDP growth in 2022-23 — II The previous article by this writer had presented the estimate of the GDP growth rate in 2022-23 as negative 1% from... Updated 26 Jan, 2023 12:50am