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Pakistan’s BRICS ambition

As Pakistan positions itself among the contenders for BRICS membership, the nation stands at a ...
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Rising waters, shrinking time

As the monsoon grows more menacing with each passing year, Pakistan finds itself at the ...
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Pakistan’s youth boom vs. job bust

Pakistan stands at a perplexing crossroads — teeming with a teeming youth populace brimming with ...
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Pakistan’s vanishing workforce

Beneath the government’s gleaming façade of economic revival — with inflation cooling, the rupee steady, ...
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From demographic dividend to time bomb

Pakistan is witnessing a population growth rate declared the highest globally and regionally, with projections ...
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Debt pressures, development gaps, and geopolitical shocks

Pakistan’s landscape is riddled with financial strain, questionable development priorities, and growing exposure to external ...
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Reforms, risks, and the cost of inaction

Pakistan’s economic landscape remains precarious despite narrowly avoiding a sovereign default, thanks largely to IMF ...
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Hopes for fairer reforms

Pakistan’s economy has been tethered to an IMF program, twice disrupted—first by the 2020 COVID-19 ...
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A shaky recovery at risk

The World Bank’s latest report on Pakistan’s economy paints a picture of cautious progress teetering ...
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Pakistan’s price crisis: A moral betrayal

The skyrocketing 133 percent gap between wholesale and retail prices for staples like potatoes and ...