One of the striking features of the industrialized nations is the number of large firms that dot their economic landscape. Data released by the US...
The writer is a freelance contributor.The gloom cast upon the global economy by Covid-19 did not spare Pakistan. Already on the downward trajectory...
When it comes to the PTI’s economic performance, discussions tend to be one sided . In a recent article in these pages, Mohammed Zubair , ignored...
Planning, both short- and long-term, is an essential part of modern economic management.In order to delve into the arguments concerning their...
Poverty is news again. As inflation reached new highs, number crunchers got busy trying to estimate how many people have fallen below the poverty...
There are legal ways of robbing people. This form of robbery takes place on a daily basis across the globe and in our country – especially through...
In a land where uncertainty abounds, one event that can be predicted with hundred percent accuracy is the shortage of medicines – a spectacle that...
The PML-N’s intended policy of privatising a number of state-owned enterprises has generated a lively debate among the proponents and opponents of...
One of the realities of the present global economic setup is the historically high levels of income inequality. As research after research surfaces...
In 2007, an engineer managed to extract confidential documents from the system of a bank. The data contained eye-popping details of 30,000 wealthy...
Appetitus divitiarum infinitus means ‘unlimited lust for gain’. And this lust for gain – as its adherents contend – is...
The exercise of presenting annual statistics related to probable expenditures and income of a nation started in 18th century Britain. Derived from...
My last article, which was also about debt. I realised from the responses that there are a lot of misconceptions about debt, its dynamics in...
Pakistan’s ever-rising debt is perhaps the most discussed topic as far as economics is concerned. The finance minister’s recent article...
Welfare and welfare states have been constants in the socio-economic affairs of modern-day nation states, at least from the time of Otto Von...
One of my friends runs a small-scale business. His business is located in the older part of Rawalpindi – in a place popularly known as purana...
Our acquaintance with Sri Lanka has more to do with cricket than its history or geography. But recently, two avenues of further commonality have...
‘Financial inclusion’ is one of the buzzwords in the development circle that always finds mention. It is considered a critical component...
On November 8, India’s policymakers carried out another major ‘surgical strike’. But this time, the strike was carried out against...
The world is still trying to catch its breath since hearing the news that Donald Trump managed to snatch the most powerful seat from a relatively...
