BoP projections: risk and uncertainty The year, 2022-23, closed with a truly remarkable reduction in the size of the current account deficit by 84% to ... Updated 29 Aug, 2023 06:44am
Business & Finance PIDE VC highlights issue of widening trade deficit ISLAMABAD: Vice Chancellor PIDE Dr Nadeem-ul-Haque has highlighted the pressing issue of Pakistan’s widening trade... Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am
Editorials The state of the economy EDITORIAL: Contractionary fiscal and monetary policies agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) under the... Updated 24 Aug, 2023 06:44am
Opinion Fiscal discipline key to reforms Before Pakistan can embark on the long and tedious journey of structural reforms, fiscal discipline must be embraced... Published 23 Aug, 2023 05:50am
Print Inflows improved in July: IMF SBA gives comfort level to multilaterals, bilaterals: MEA officials ISLAMABAD: The staff level agreement on the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)... Updated 23 Aug, 2023 10:17am
Opinion Rising unemployment and falling real wages The devastation caused by the floods and the resulting supply shortages, along with severe import restrictions, has... Updated 22 Aug, 2023 06:53am
Print Courts can’t examine, implement economic, fiscal policies: SC ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court said the government and not the courts can examine and implement economic and fiscal... Updated 22 Aug, 2023 09:57am
Print Power sector grabs finance minister’s immediate attention Caretaker Finance Minister Shamshad Akhtar visits Federal Board of Revenue to review progress so far on implementation of $3 billion Stand-by-Arrangement of the International Monetary Fund Updated 22 Aug, 2023 10:06am
Opinion Broadening the tax net-II: A solution to taxation woes? The narrative highlighting the importance of enhancing the number of tax filers also fails to take into account the... Published 18 Aug, 2023 06:06am
Opinion Pakistan mineral outlook Recently, an important conference, ‘Pakistan Mineral Summit’, has been organised in Islamabad by the Petroleum... Updated 16 Aug, 2023 06:18am
Editorials What happens when cash reigns supreme? EDITORIAL: In the last decade, authorities had supposedly lent focus to expand documentation of the economy. But,... Published 16 Aug, 2023 05:50am
Markets Japan’s Q2 GDP beats forecasts as exports zoom TOKYO: Japan’s economy grew much faster than expected in April-June, as brisk auto exports and tourist arrivals... Published 15 Aug, 2023 10:05am
Opinion CPEC — a game changer for Pakistan The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project since its launch on April 20, 2015, by President Xi Jinping... Updated 12 Aug, 2023 07:35am
Print BRACE report lists factors leading to greater poverty ISLAMABAD: Rising inflation, particularly food inflation (highest in the history of Pakistan), increase in... Updated 11 Aug, 2023 09:29am
Print Rs9.4trn revenue collection target: FBR required to rely on policy, some other steps ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will heavily rely on policy and administrative/ enforcement measures... Updated 09 Aug, 2023 09:27am
Print Updated CDMP as per SBA yet to be approved ISLAMABAD: The pledge for the Cabinet to approve an updated Circular Debt Management Plan (CDMP) by end-July 2023 as... Updated 09 Aug, 2023 09:16am
Opinion Rewiring the investment model Pakistan’s Investment to GDP ratio has remained stubbornly low compared to other emerging markets for many years.... Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am
Opinion Cotton ‘crisis’: challenges, opportunities, and way forward–I Stagnation in Pakistan’s rural economy has been ongoing over the last decade for a multitude of reasons. The... Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am
Opinion IMF’s SBF The IMF Stand-By Facility (SBF) of $3 billion has been in operation for two weeks now. Already, there is a big... Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am
Business & Finance Yen extends losses, euro firms after GDP data NEW YORK: The yen extended losses on Monday from a volatile session at the end of last week after the Bank of Japan... Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am
Business & Finance Policy rate kept unchanged as economic uncertainty ebbs KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to keep the policy rate... Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am
Opinion Hunger in Pakistan Pakistan hosts the poorest population with per capita income at $1550 compared with Bangladesh at $2660 and India at... Published 29 Jul, 2023 05:28am
Opinion Taxing work and subsidising non-work Turns out that there’s a Salaried Class Alliance (SCA), based in Karachi, which describes itself as a... Updated 27 Jul, 2023 07:00am
Opinion Managing the BoP The balance of payments (BoP) figures for the full-year, 2022-23, have just been released by the SBP. They reflect... Updated 25 Jul, 2023 06:52am
Business & Finance Punjab govt decides to revamp sales tax on services strategy LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to revamp its strategy on the sales tax on services (STS) to make its... Published 25 Jul, 2023 06:20am
Opinion Elephant in the room To understand strategy in a simple manner three questions are quite helpful. When deciding on a course of action ask... Published 24 Jul, 2023 06:11am
Print PTI says IMF acknowledges leadership’s support ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday said that the International Monetary Board (IMF) staff report... Updated 22 Jul, 2023 09:20am
Opinion Fair elections and economic stability “Gross financing needs are very large, mostly due to large debt service payments, while external market financing... Published 21 Jul, 2023 07:08am
Editorials Power sector challenges EDITORIAL: The IMF (International Monetary Fund) has taken a rather sombre view of Pakistan’s structural issues in... Published 21 Jul, 2023 06:38am
Print 8pc of GDP: IMF projects $28.361bn gross external financing needs ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s gross external financing needs at $28.361... Updated 19 Jul, 2023 09:43am