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Determining factors of foreign investment in Pakistan

The alleviation of poverty and increase in decent employment opportunities, and GDP growth are certainly obvious...

Published 03 Feb, 2026 06:05am

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Finance Division issues FY27 budget call circular: 5.1% GDP growth, 6.5% inflation projected

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has issued the Budget Call Circular for fiscal year 2026-27, projecting GDP growth...

Updated 28 Jan, 2026 07:35am

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Pakistan unlikely to achieve IMF’s projected 3.2% GDP growth, say experts

Economists forecast growth more likely to remain between 2.5% to 3%

Updated 26 Jan, 2026 07:14am

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IMF programme widely perceived as ‘anti-growth’: Dar

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Wednesday acknowledged that the...

Published 15 Jan, 2026 06:21am

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OPINION: Pakistan’s manufactured unemployment: a blueprint of state failure—I

Pakistan’s unemployment crisis is no accident of fate. It is not the result of global headwinds or temporary shocks....

Updated 03 Jan, 2026 07:15am

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EDITORIAL: Seeing growth thru prism of C + G + I + (X–M)

EDITORIAL: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) earlier this week approved GDP growth of 3.71 percent in 1QFY26 and...

Updated 02 Jan, 2026 07:42am

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EDITORIAL: Data upgrade by ADB needs a revisit

EDITORIAL: Asian Development Outlook, a publication of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), has revised Pakistan’s...

Updated 15 Dec, 2025 07:32am

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2025-26: IMF projects Rs157bn shortfall in budgeted PDL

ISLAMABAD: The IMF has projected a shortfall of Rs 157 billion in the budgeted petroleum development levy (PDL) for...

Published 13 Dec, 2025 03:33am

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SBP receives $1.2bn for EFF and RSF programmes

KARACHI: Pakistan has received inflows of amounted to USD 1.2 billion from International Monetary Fund (IMF) under...

Updated 12 Dec, 2025 07:10am

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Pakistan’s growth outlook has improved: Asian Development Bank

Says prices of key food items have begun to stabilize

Updated 11 Dec, 2025 07:17am

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IMF is all for maintaining prudent policies

Says advancing reforms to raise revenues via tax policy simplification and base broadening is key

Published 10 Dec, 2025 03:28am

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Floods poised to erase half a percentage point of GDP growth: minister

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb warned on Monday that the recent wave of catastrophic flooding is...

Published 02 Dec, 2025 06:15am

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Indian equity benchmarks log third monthly gain

MUMBAI: India’s stock benchmarks notched their third straight monthly gain on Friday driven by improving earnings,...

Published 29 Nov, 2025 02:39am

World

Ageing populations a ‘ticking time bomb’ for GDP growth, says EBRD

That was a quarter of the amount recorded when the median age hit that level in advanced economies in the 1990s

Published 25 Nov, 2025 11:17am

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LSE projects 2.4pc GDP growth for FY2025-26

LAHORE: The Modeling Lab at the Lahore School of Economics has released its annual GDP growth estimates for...

Published 24 Nov, 2025 04:59am

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Economy shows encouraging signs of recovery: Robertsen

KARACHI: Eric Robertsen, Global Head of Research and Chief Strategist at Standard Chartered has said that...

Published 13 Nov, 2025 05:59am

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Editorial: Impediments to inclusive growth

EDITORIAL: International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) representative to Pakistan Mahor Binici while addressing a ...

Updated 11 Nov, 2025 12:25pm

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Pursuing stabilisation at the cost of growth?

EDITORIAL: The economic stabilisation phase is dragging on painfully long. The government has little choice but to...

Updated 08 Nov, 2025 06:42am

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LSM stagnation

The large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector has historically been one of the dynamic sectors in the national economy....

Updated 04 Nov, 2025 06:48am

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The missing model for growth

Pakistan’s economy is in search of growth. However, policymakers lack a coherent economic model to climb the ...

Published 30 Oct, 2025 05:38am

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Idle highways, restless youth: Pakistan’s economic paradox

As Professor Ren Jiantao of Tsinghua University observes, the state must transition through the Hobbesian, ...

Updated 29 Oct, 2025 07:45am

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Inflation may go up further: Real GDP growth now likely to stay at 3pc: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: Amid projections of a further hike in inflation, the World Bank stated that Pakistan’s real GDP growth,...

Updated 29 Oct, 2025 09:36am

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Growth rate upgrade

EDITORIAL: The claim of more than 100 percent growth in the power and energy sector that encapsulates the upward...

Updated 28 Oct, 2025 06:33am

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Power & energy sector: Expert disputes 100pc growth claim

ISLAMABAD: More than 100 percent growth in power and energy sector is mind-boggling - a growth encapsulated in the...

Updated 23 Oct, 2025 09:32am

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IMF projects 3.6pc growth vs 4.2pc govt target

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s GDP growth rate at 3.6 percent during ...

Updated 15 Oct, 2025 09:23am

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GDP growth revisions: numbers in flux, substance in doubt

The National Accounts Committee (NAC) has revised the GDP growth for FY25 upward to 3.04 percent from an earlier...

Updated 13 Oct, 2025 06:36am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s GDP grows 3.04% in FY2025, economy size reaches $407bn: NAC

Growth higher than 2.68% estimated in previous meeting

Updated 08 Oct, 2025 10:16pm

Pakistan

Economists warn Pakistan risks prolonged economic stagnation as growth outlook dims

Pakistan risks locking itself into a prolonged phase of economic stagnation, warned economist Asad Ali Shah, as the...

Updated 08 Oct, 2025 10:34pm

Markets

Pakistan’s GDP growth to remain modest at 2.6% in FY26 amid flood impact: World Bank

The multilateral lender estimates a 10% drop in Punjab agri output

Updated 07 Oct, 2025 10:13pm

Markets

Vietnam Q3 GDP grows 8.23% y/y

The country's exports in the July-September quarter also grew 18.4% from a year earlier to $128.57 billion

Published 06 Oct, 2025 11:17am