Certain policy areas are less well understood. Austerity is one of them. Austerity comes from the Latin word ‘austerus’, meaning harshness....
The need for being absolutely accurate in our strategy for solving the immediate economic fragility has never been greater. Pakistan is teetering on...
It is hard to envisage a worthwhile developmental effort without a country developing its own strategies, executing them, taking wrong turns and...
The last few months have seen a disorderly movement in key markets. High fluctuations of the rupee against all major currencies, abnormal increase...
The Charter of Economy is perceived as a minimum agenda to be agreed to by political parties, despite different ideologies. The thought process is...
Independence Day should be a day of reflection — a conscious endeavour helping us unpack the past and spawn new ideas for the future. For...
The Setting: The idea of writing this piece is to debate the possibilities of strengthening Pakistan’s budgeting process. This debate helps us...
It is time for a brisk, upright and orthodox approach to some of Pakistan’s immediate but huge challenges. Low reserves of the State Bank of...
Pakistan has been in a number of balance of payments crises since its independence. However, the current balance of payments challenge is different...
Overcoming the current external solvency challenge is reminiscent of how things were in 2018 in Pakistan. The need to tap friendly countries to...