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Opinion

Growth rate: PBS under the spotlight

The provisional estimates for 2022-23 of the GDP by sector and by expenditure have been released recently by the...

Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am

Opinion

FY23: Uncovering drivers of economic performance

The National Account numbers for FY2023 have been published and, unfortunately, they paint a truly dismal picture of...

Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am

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Bringing energy efficiency to industrial sector: World Bank advocates establishing credit line

WB in consultation with the National Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority is implementing two substantial technical assistance activities to the scoping and implementation of EE&C measures in Pakistan

Updated 26 May, 2023 09:00am

Editorials

Political will only way to boost tax base

EDITORIAL: Ironically, tax-to-GDP ratio is below 10 percent in Pakistan, well below the level required for any...

Published 26 May, 2023 06:48am

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Direct containerised Karachi-Saint Petersburg shipping service inaugurated

KARACHI: In a bid to enhance energy growth and achieve a sustainable GDP growth rate of at least 5 percent, Pakistan...

Updated 26 May, 2023 08:56am

Opinion

Debt trap — I

Pakistan’s emergent default forecast derives its strength from the fact that it’s once negligible public debt of...

Updated 25 May, 2023 07:16am

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NAC approves ‘0.29pc’ provisional growth rate

ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) has approved 0.29 percent estimated provisional Gross Domestic...

Updated 25 May, 2023 02:35pm

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Business community held out assurance

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has assured the business community of taking up their budgetary...

Updated 24 May, 2023 08:49am

Opinion

Slump in industrial production

There is no end to the bad news on the on-going performance of the economy of Pakistan. Now we have been informed by...

Updated 23 May, 2023 06:36am

Opinion

GDP estimates: fudging under way?

The economic recession in Pakistan is getting worse. GDP contraction is happening at a much faster pace than was...

Published 22 May, 2023 06:23am

Opinion

‘Pakistan paradox’

Argentina is a country that is well known for its football talent and Maradona is a name that most of the people ...

Published 22 May, 2023 06:23am

Opinion

FY2023-24 Budget

The government is expected to present the budget for the next fiscal year in the first week of June. Budgets in...

Published 20 May, 2023 05:59am

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Stalled bailout: Govt to stick it out despite IMF procrastination

Minister of State for Finance Aisha Ghaus Pasha says government has made considerable progress with respect to the IMF programme and does not want to detract

Updated 18 May, 2023 10:29am

Opinion

Time to invest in human capital

The contemporary concept of a “nation state” revolves around a nation, community and/or society that is...

Updated 12 May, 2023 06:24am

Editorials

Wooing global investors

EDITORIAL: It says a lot about a country’s investment climate when the government itself admits that businesses ...

Published 12 May, 2023 05:59am

BR Research

9MFY23 fiscal accounts update

The fiscal deficit is ballooning out of control. Overall deficit is reported at Rs3.1 trillion (3.7 percent of GDP)...

Published 10 May, 2023 08:55am

Opinion

Interest rates: no more room for tightening

Interest rates in Pakistan are almost at historic highs and still the country is running negative real rates on both...

Published 08 May, 2023 06:40am

Opinion

‘Economic projections’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed ‘Economic projections’ carried by the newspaper recently. That noted...

Published 08 May, 2023 06:40am

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BoI seeks to cut red tape to woo global investors

The Board of Investment in consultation with the World Bank Group drafts a Zero Time to Start Policy aimed at facilitating investment in country

Updated 08 May, 2023 08:59am

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Fiscal deficit for Jul-Mar reaches 3.7pc of GDP

ISLAMABAD: The government has closed the first nine months (July-March 2023) of the current fiscal year with the...

Updated 06 May, 2023 08:55am

Opinion

Critical economic challenges

Pakistan’s recent economic crisis, brewing since last few years, intensified in the last quarter of fiscal year...

Published 05 May, 2023 06:44am

Opinion

Infrastructure financing gap

On the 14th of March 2023, InfraZamin Pakistan hosted the country’s first-ever summit on infrastructure titled...

Published 03 May, 2023 06:35am

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Human Capital Index: Pakistan’s value lower than South Asia’s average: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Human Capital Index (HCI) value of 0.41 is lower than the South Asia average of 0.48, and...

Updated 03 May, 2023 08:50am

Editorials

The growth downgrade

EDITORIAL: Debt Sustainability Analysis Fiscal Year 2022-23 by Economic Adviser’s Wing and uploaded on the Finance...

Published 02 May, 2023 05:59am

Business & Finance

Singapore ‘should avoid economic contraction’: PM

SINGAPORE: Singapore is expected to post slower economic growth this year but it “should avoid an outright...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 01:34pm

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Economy is not out of the woods yet: MoF

Govt has a daunting task to follow effective revenue mobilisation and cautious expenditure management strategy to end the current fiscal year

Updated 30 Apr, 2023 09:18am

Business & Finance

US dollar gains after GDP, jobless claims data; rate hike bets intact

NEW YORK: The dollar rose on Thursday as weaker-than-expected US economic growth in the first quarter is not likely...

Published 28 Apr, 2023 06:08am

Business & Finance

Debt assessments should reflect growing share of domestic debt: World Bank

WASHINGTON: Debt sustainability analyses carried out by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund should...

Updated 27 Apr, 2023 09:02am

Opinion

Issues multiply on stalled IMF bailout

The stand-off between the federal government and the Supreme Court of Pakistan is not going unnoticed in...

Published 25 Apr, 2023 06:25am

Opinion

Remittances: boon or bane for growth?–II

The Dutch Disease is characterized by a rapid increase in one sector at the cost of other sectors. Firstly, the...

Updated 20 Apr, 2023 07:03am