A man counts US dollars in a money exchange shop in Dhaka. — AFP/FileLAHORE: The first thing that the government needs is to restore its...
A vendor is seen busy making traditional bread at a tandoor in Lahore. — APP/FileLAHORE: Things move far too slowly compared to the tall promises...
The IMF dictates its terms based on our past performance
We are facing multiple problems that include unemployment, industrial decline, high energy costs
A representational image shows a tax written on a calculator. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Tax officials around the world have the authority to scrutinize...
A representative image of forex trading. —AFPLAHORE: Survival is the name of the game. The state is making efforts to survive, businesses are...
Despite moving in the right direction, our country is not geared up for higher growth
Representational image. — Unsplash LAHORE: There is no use pointing out policy flaws as those that matter are fully aware of the shortcomings and...
Pakistan saw three good administrators during its 77-year history
We need foreign inflows to service our foreign debt
Food is one common commodity that is consumed by all 240 million Pakistanis
This screengrab taken on March 5, 2024, from Pakistan Expo 2020’s YouTube video posted on October 5, 2021, shows Muhammad Aurangzeb speaking about...
The Federal Board of Revenue office. — APP/FileLAHORE: The state seems terrified of annoying traders and has again come up with a scheme that...
This photo shows US dollar banknotes. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Breaking laws, rules, and regulations is not taken seriously by our entrepreneurs. In...
A person can be seen holding notes of Pakistani currency Rupee in his hands. — AFPLAHORE: Pakistan’s main problem is the economy, which requires...
Internally displaced people gather to receive free food. — AFP/FileLAHORE: We understate poverty and overlook the misery that people are passing...
The rupee, which was declining on a daily basis against the dollar, started recovering rapidly from over Rs320 to Rs270
All the taxes that have been imposed or are to be imposed in the next budget have been approved or dictated by the IMF
CPEC has not yet been operational through the Gwadar seaport even after a decade
A shopkeeper waits for customers at a market in Karachi on January 10, 2022. — AFP LAHORE: The miseries that people in general face in daily life...
Issues such as climate change, gender parity, unemployment, and poverty, are on back burner
There are dozens of non-taxed or undertaxed avenues, each capable of generating many times more taxes than the salaried class
A representational image shows a tax written on a calculator. — AFP/FileLAHORE: No government has ever been able to bring traders under the proper...
This photo shows US dollar banknotes. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Venture capital is a relatively new player in Pakistan's burgeoning startup ecosystem,...
IMF headquarters in Washington. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Pakistan is in such a vulnerable state that when our leaders meet global luminaries, they...
Digital wallets in Pakistan have conveniently reduced the need for carrying debit/credit cards all the time.—China Daily/File LAHORE: Digital...
Some women do get decent jobs like teachers, nurses, bankers, or in industry. However, they are not more than 10 percent
It is time that we start giving importance to the downtrodden
There is no check on the authority of the chief minister
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses a reception on December 5, 2022. — X/@pmln_orgLAHORE: The ruling coalition is keeping its economic...
A representational image shows two men shaking hands apparently after reaching an agreement on a financial matter. — Unsplash/FileLAHORE:...
An undated picture of the parliament house building in Islamabad. — Senate website/FileLAHORE: Governments in Pakistan always lack the capacity to...
Unemployment would remain high in Pakistan until the government comes up with a very long term policy for each industrial sector
Then Prime Minister-elect Shehbaz Sharif addresses the National Assembly session on March 3, 2024. — PIDLAHORE: Finally, the government has been...
Politicians should think of Pakistan instead of fanning hatred towards each other
There are many reasons for this. The first is that there is no transparency in government policies
A representational image. — The News FileLAHORE: Times are bad and immediate improvement is not in the cards. As Nawaz Sharif has said, in the...
People buy pulses and grains at a wholesale market in Karachi on February 1, 2023. — AFP LAHORE: Time is not on Pakistan’s side. The country is...
Not only is our economy in a mess, but the governance is at the lowest ebb ever
Representational image of an IMF logo along with the Pakistan flag. — The News FileLAHORE: The incoming coalition Pakistani government must come...
LAHORE: We can reduce the huge expenditure of internal security and security of the ruling elite, top bureaucrats and even middle ranked police...
Large companies survive because most have diverse portfolios; gloom in one sector is compensated by buoyancy in another sector
Dar is praised for keeping the rupee stable and fighting with the IMF to stall economic reforms
LAHORE: The general election in Pakistan has intensified political instability in Pakistan at a time when the country needed a harmonious approach...
LAHORE: A joint study by the International Trade Organization, Save the Children and UNICEF reveals that globally, 1.4 billion children, aged under...
LAHORE: Progress in poverty reduction in Pakistan is measured primarily in terms of consumption or income, ignoring the other aspects of life that...
But how can they do so in Pakistan? The only recourse left for them is to guard their resources and wait for a good time
We have to decide whether we want to promote regional trade, including trade with India
