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Tax proposals for the upcoming budget

This is budget making time and various trade bodies and business groups are coming up ...
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Pakistan’s economic crisis calls for indigenous solutions

The State Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has reduced the discount rate by 100 basis ...
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Without structural reforms, the economy will continue to sink

The World Bank’s latest assessment of Pakistan’s economy paints a mixed picture. While growth is ...
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Overspending must be cut for sustained growth

The International Monetary Fund, in its latest report, has revised global growth downward to 2.8 percent, 0.5 percentage ...
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Economic ratings up, ground realities unchanged

Fitch has upgraded Pakistan’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating from CCC+ to B- which ...
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Economics outlook: a mixed picture

Pakistan’s economy is in a multiple bind. First, there is the steadily mounting debt burden ...
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How to revive Pakistan’s moribund industrial sector

The Pakistan Business Council has drawn the attention of the government towards the challenges facing ...
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Bold structural reforms needed to revive the economy

Pakistan’s economy is mired in myriad problems and has been in a state of stagnation ...
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Pakistan’s relentless fight against terror

Pakistan’s battle with terrorism rages on, a storm that refuses to relent. The Global Terrorism ...
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Pakistan faces a bleak water future

According to the recent statement by a World Bank official, Pakistan faces a serious water ...