Inflation at a historic high
Inflation in Pakistan skyrocketed to 42.3pc on a year-on-year basis in August. Protests against inflated ...
Corruption legalised in Pakistan?
The coalition government is trying to make the most of its time in power by ...
Illusive essentials
Rising prices in the country are seriously hurting the common people. Inflation has hit a ...
Overpopulation: A gathering storm
Pakistan’s resources are shrinking fast and it is struggling to provide basic facilities to its ...
Optimising CPEC benefits
In a recent study, the Asian Development Bank has observed that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor ...
Widening cracks
Pakistan’s trade deficit is widening despite an increase in exports. The budget projects the next ...
Half-truths about economy
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government has released “statistics” to claim that its five-year (2013-18) ...
Economic revival without agriculture uplift?
The National Assembly was informed recently that Pakistan has become a net importer of food, ...
Challenges for the new finance minister
Miftah Ismael, the new finance minister, faces an uphill task to revive Pakistan’s economy, which ...
The new government’s dilemma
The last government of Prime Minister Imran Khan had made fiscal and monetary adjustments which ...