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Wheat policy chaos: Farmers caught in the crossfire

In the sun-scorched fields of Punjab, a farmer named Ghulam stares at his ripening wheat, ...
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Stability without prosperity

Pakistan’s economy is at a crossroads, with macroeconomic indicators flashing signs of recovery while the ...
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The path beyond IMF lifelines

Pakistan’s economy has long been entangled in cycles of financial instability, marked by rising debt, ...
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Floods, bullets, and bureaucracy: The triple threat to learning in ...

The convergence of natural disasters, terrorist activities, and systemic bureaucratic inefficiencies has plunged Pakistan’s education ...
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How policy failures fuel food insecurity in Pakistan

Pakistan’s food markets are spiraling into chaos, with wheat and flour prices soaring to unprecedented ...
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Business optimism flatlines

The latest Gallup findings reveal that forward-looking confidence among businesses has flattened, with deep-rooted challenges—rising ...
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Signs of cautious revival

Pakistan’s economy is showing signs of cautious revival as key indicators reflect stabilization. A notable ...
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Unrealistic targets, narrow tax net and chronic policy failures

The Federal Board of Revenue’s repeated failure to meet its tax collection goals has once ...
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Economic growth and structural weaknesses

The headline growth rate of 2.7 percent in the outgoing fiscal year offers a deceptively ...
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Poverty: Stark realities for Pakistan

The World Bank’s updated global poverty thresholds have cast Pakistan’s socioeconomic challenges in a far ...