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Divergent inflation forecasts

Pakistan’s economic managers have sent conflicting signals on the inflation outlook at a time when ...
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Unrealistic cotton targets

Pakistan’s agricultural sector is once again confronting a widening gap between policy ambition and on-ground ...
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Growth without gains

Pakistan’s poverty situation has come under renewed scrutiny after fresh estimates suggested that the scale ...
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Rising money, rising risk

Pakistan’s monetary situation has undergone a significant shift during the current fiscal year, with money ...
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Questions persist over monetary strategy

Pakistan’s central bank has opted to keep the policy rate unchanged despite rising global uncertainties, ...
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The structural reset

Pakistan’s economy appears trapped in a cycle of repetition, where leadership changes but the underlying ...
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Pakistan’s youth bulge and the jobs imperative

During his recent visit to Pakistan, World Bank President Ajay Banga delivered a stark but ...
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Pakistan’s slow-motion industrial disaster

The cost of doing business in Pakistan right now isn’t just a “statistic”—it’s an outright ...
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The reform rhetoric vs. the Rs123b reality

The government has made fixing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) one of the loudest talking points of ...
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Strong GDP, weak signals?

The National Accounts Committee (NAC) wrapped up its meeting earlier this week and emerged with ...