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Dr Khaqan Hassan Najeeb
Dr Khaqan Hassan Najeeb

  • August 14, 2023

    Our story is ours to write

    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...

  • August 06, 2023

    Back from the brink

    The Stand-by Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund has pulled the country back from the brink of default. The SBA gives Pakistan some...

  • July 23, 2023

    How to review a central bank

    The Australian government initiated an independent Review of the Reserve Bank of Australia , on July 20, 2022. The Review panel handed its report to...

  • June 07, 2023

    News Analysis: What should Budget 2023-24 be?

    Representational image. — CanvaThe budget we present to the people of Pakistan June 9 must be an honest conversation. It must convey that our...

  • May 21, 2023

    Budget FY24: a wakeup call

    The economic challenges Pakistan faces are both acute and deep as we prepare the budget for fiscal year 24. The economy faces stagflation with...

  • April 02, 2023

    A chronic state of policy errors

    Pakistanis are living in an era of shocking price hikes, staggering inequality, volatile markets and oligarchic politics. The country faces...

  • January 29, 2023

    Austerity: truly misunderstood

    Certain policy areas are less well understood. Austerity is one of them. Austerity comes from the Latin word ‘austerus’, meaning harshness....

  • December 25, 2022

    This is a ticking clock

    The need for being absolutely accurate in our strategy for solving the immediate economic fragility has never been greater. Pakistan is teetering on...

  • December 11, 2022

    Staying alive

    It is hard to envisage a worthwhile developmental effort without a country developing its own strategies, executing them, taking wrong turns and...

  • October 09, 2022

    The liquidity crunch

    The last few months have seen a disorderly movement in key markets. High fluctuations of the rupee against all major currencies, abnormal increase...