Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb pictured at a meeting with an IMF review mission at the Finance Ministry in Islamabad on November 11, 2024. —...
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb pictured at a meeting with an IMF review mission at the Finance Ministry in Islamabad on November 11, 2024. —...
The representational image shows a doctor injecting a vaccine to a patient. — Unsplash/FileWhen I reflect on my father, who lived with remarkable...
The representational image shows a doctor injecting a vaccine to a patient. — Unsplash/FileWhen I reflect on my father, who lived with remarkable...
Formalising Pakistan’s economy is crucial, yet progress has been limited as large cash economy
More recently, authorities have moved to phase out Pakistan’s long-term financing facility portfolio of Rs330b
Following approval of FY25 budget, Pakistan undertook several critical prior actions mandated by IMF agreement
From 2014 to 2023, Pakistan’s top 23 loss-making SOEs have accumulated astonishing loss of Rs5,595 billion
Energy sector, dominated by inefficient state-run enterprises, has become a labyrinth of mismanagement
Expected to commence production in 2029, Reko Diq carries an estimated revenue potential of $1 billion per annum
A labourer bends over as he carries packs of textile fabric on his back to deliver to a nearby shop in a market in Karachi on June 24, 2022. —...
Budget 2025 cannot be a run-of-the-mill document for so many reasons
A man reads newspaper while selling betel leaves, known as pan, cigarettes and candies from a shop in Karachi, Pakistan, December 30, 2021. —...
A harvester gathers wheat from a field near the Krasne village in Ukraine's Chernihiv area. — AFP/FileJubilations about the country achieving a...
The government can directly influence economic activity through current and capital expenditure
Many in Pakistan informally refer to Pakistan’s soiree with the IMF as an IMF programme
After inflicting intolerable pain on citizenry, governments abandon symptomatic treatment halfway into life of a programme as conditions get tougher...
Representational image. — APP/FileDear friends, in the year 2029, as we reflect on the past five years, it is highly satisfying to note how much...
Pakistan is not a finished product, by any stretch of imagination. We Pakistanis must make hard and fundamental decisions about who we are and what...
The Stand-by Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund has pulled the country back from the brink of default. The SBA gives Pakistan some...
