Mehtab Haider.

Mehtab Haider.

  • Digital highways

    Digital highways

    Pakistan’s dwindling foreign currency reserves and runaway dollars have raised important questions about the basic structure of the ailing...

  • Tough talks ahead

    Tough talks ahead

    Amid this critical juncture of our economic history, the newly appointed Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has publicly committed to undertake all...

  • What went wrong?

    What went wrong?

    Securing a vote of confidence in the National Assembly from 178 members, a sigh of relief would be too soon for Prime Minister Imran Khan who...

  • Double trouble

    Double trouble

    Political shocks from the poll fiasco in Daska, upcoming Senate elections and the recent events on IMF and FATF fronts are severe blows to the...

  • Rock and a hard place

    Rock and a hard place

    The International Monetary Fund and the PTI-led government has yet to fix a timeline for its next round of talks under a $6 billion stalled bailout...

  • Old prescription

    Old prescription

    Pakistan’s current account balance turned negative in December 2020, when it witnessed a deficit of $662 million after achieving a surplus...

  • Inching up

    Inching up

    Pakistan’s economy is on the path of recovery, at a slower pace though, despite a persistent second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. It might take...

  • Extended indebtedness

    Extended indebtedness

    After facing a series of crises ranging from macroeconomic instability to adjustment pains and then lockdowns to combat the deadly COVID-19...

  • A distant reality

    A distant reality

    Pakistan’s agriculture sector has been facing several problems in the wake of achieving low efficiency and productivity, putting an increased...

  • Fighting monopolies

    Fighting monopolies

    The incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led regime has assigned the Competition Commission of Pakistan the task of launching an offensive against...

  • Wheat fiasco

    Wheat fiasco

    Despite deafening claims made by different tiers of the government in the country, the common citizen has been facing numerous difficulties in...

  • Trapped in loop

    Trapped in loop

    Pakistan’s stagnant exports are hovering in the range of $20 to $25 billion over the last one decade as it depicted an inability to generate...

  • The tax fact-book

    The tax fact-book

    The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf led government launched the sixth consecutive Tax Directory for Parliamentarians for Tax Year 2018 to demonstrate...

  • Doing the limbo

    Doing the limbo

    It has been a historic failure since independence that no regime has been able to boost trade activities of Pakistan, as it was never made part of...

  • Policy trance

    Policy trance

    The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf -led regime has yet not finalised the much-awaited Strategic Trade Policy Framework despite being in power for the...

  • Getting old

    Getting old

    The pay and pension bill is going to haunt Pakistan’s economic managers in years to come, as it is becoming another monster just like circular...

  • Back on track?

    Back on track?

    Three important developments have taken place on the economic front. The first is related to moving towards signing an agreement with Independent...

  • Trouble ahead

    Trouble ahead

    Reviving the stalled International Monetary Fund programme might take a long time, because both Pakistan and the IMF staff have to agree upon a...

  • Failing politics

    Failing politics

    The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government is heading towards deferment of the International Monetary Fund sponsored programme of $6 billion under...

  • Taxing life

    Taxing life

    The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government has opted for a historic increase in prices of petroleum products in one go and that too just five days...