Platform set for further growth: Experts weigh in on Pakistan Economic Survey 2024-25 The government, on Monday, a day before the federal budget is unveiled, released its much-awaited Pakistan Economic... Published 09 Jun, 2025 06:58pm
Pakistan Key highlights of Pakistan Economic Survey 2024-25 Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb unveiled the Pakistan Economic Survey 2024-25 on Tuesday, recapping the annual... Published 09 Jun, 2025 04:33pm
Business & Finance Pakistan targets FY26 GDP growth of 4.2%: Ahsan Iqbal ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is targeting GDP growth of 4.2% for the financial year 2025-26, the country’s Planning Minister... Published 02 Jun, 2025 05:41pm
BR Research GDP numbers so good, they must be made up The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) appears to be counting on a very generous miracle. How else does one justify... Updated 22 May, 2025 08:13am
Pakistan Trump tariffs to ‘weigh on’ Pakistan’s economy, says IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned that the recent reciprocal tariffs imposed by US President... Updated 19 May, 2025 07:58pm
Opinion The IMF speaks with a forked tongue Uploading the first review report on the International Mone-tary Fund (IMF) website on the weekend (Saturday), eight... Published 19 May, 2025 06:15am
Print IMF projects Pakistan’s external debt to rise to $126.731bn by FY26 ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected increase in Pakistan’s external debt to reach... Updated 19 May, 2025 09:54am
Print IMF projects Pakistan’s external financing needs at $19.316bn ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s gross external financing needs at $19.316... Updated 19 May, 2025 09:47am
Print Pakistan’s tax revenue projected at 12.6% of GDP ISLAMABAD: Total tax revenue is projected at 12.6 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) for 2024-25 against... Updated 19 May, 2025 09:44am
Budget 2025-26 IMF lowers GDP growth forecast to 2.6% for Pakistan Says core inflation elevated at around 9% Updated 19 May, 2025 03:31pm
Opinion US tariffs: impact and path forward US President Trump’s across-the-board tariff hikes up to 46 percent on some partners and a flat 29 percent on... Updated 04 May, 2025 06:45am
Print IMF lowers Pakistan’s FY25 GDP growth forecast to 2.6% Washington-based lender in January 2025 had projected GDP growth rate for Pakistan at 3% for FY2025 Updated 23 Apr, 2025 02:39pm
BR Research Too many young, too few factories More than half of Pakistan’s 241 million citizens are under the age of 19. Every year, millions of them join the... Published 11 Apr, 2025 08:50am
Pakistan Small emerging market dollar bonds resume selloff, Pakistan drops more than 6 cents JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI: International bonds issued by smaller, riskier, emerging economies suffered another sharp... Updated 09 Apr, 2025 09:41pm
Pakistan ADB projects Pakistan’s GDP growth at 2.5%, inflation at 6% Pakistan’s growth is projected to remain steady at 2.5% in fiscal year 2025 and improve to 3% in fiscal year 2026,... Updated 09 Apr, 2025 11:54pm
Business & Finance Q2 GDP grows 1.73pc ISLAMABAD: The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) posted a growth of 1.73 percent during the 2nd quarter of... Published 27 Mar, 2025 05:23am
Pakistan Pakistan’s GDP grows 1.73% in Oct-Dec Growth in agriculture, industry and services stand at 1.1%, -0.18% and 2.57% respectively. Updated 26 Mar, 2025 11:11pm
Opinion Provincial revenue mobilisation The previous article had focused on the overall fiscal performance of Provincial governments in the first six months... Published 18 Mar, 2025 07:03am
Opinion Divide between nominal vs real GDP The consolidated federal and provincial fiscal operations data for fiscal year 2024-25 assumes nominal Gross ... Updated 03 Mar, 2025 06:57am
Pakistan UN projects Pakistan’s GDP growth at 3.4% in 2025, inflation to be in double digits UN report says the near-term economic outlook for South Asia is expected to remain robust Updated 11 Jan, 2025 06:11pm
Pakistan Pakistan’s GDP grows 0.92% in July-Sept, 2.5% in FY24 Growth in agriculture, industry and services stood at 1.15%, -1.03% and 1.43% respectively, in Q1 FY25 Updated 30 Dec, 2024 11:25pm
Print Positive GDP growth rate unlikely? Dr Hafeez Pasha says this is due to negative growth in the large-scale manufacturing industries and a decline in major agriculture crops Updated 23 Dec, 2024 10:51am
Print ADB projects GDP growth at 3pc, inflation at 10pc ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s GDP growth in fiscal year 2025 is projected at three percent, revised upwards from 2.8... Updated 12 Dec, 2024 09:04am
BR Research The Fund must not behave like an accountant It takes one to know one. The only IMF structural adjustment program ever successfully implemented by Pakistan was... Published 15 Nov, 2024 08:32am
Opinion ‘Fiscal outcome in the first quarter’ This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “Fiscal outcome in the first quarter” carried by the newspaper... Published 06 Nov, 2024 07:00am
BR Research Q1 surplus – too good to last? The fiscal numbers for the first quarter are too good to be true. The consolidated fiscal surplus stood at Rs1.7... Published 01 Nov, 2024 09:07am
Business & Finance 1.4pc of GDP: Q1 ends with Rs1.696trn budget balance ISLAMABAD: The government closed first quarter of current fiscal year 2024-25 with overall budget balance of Rs1.696... Published 01 Nov, 2024 06:51am
Print Climate change could cut Pakistan’s GDP by 21.1pc by 2070: ADB ISLAMABAD: Climate change could cut Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 21.1 per cent by 2070 under a high... Updated 01 Nov, 2024 09:58am
Print IMF projects 3.2pc growth The Fund projects inflation rate at 9.5 percent for 2025 Updated 23 Oct, 2024 09:28am
Pakistan SBP predicts 2.5-3.5% growth for FY25, warns of structural challenges Inefficiencies in energy sector resulted in accumulation of circular debt, says central bank in annual report Updated 17 Oct, 2024 10:51pm