Short-term fixes, long-term pain
Pakistan’s economy still looks shaky after efforts to fix big financial problems. Slow growth, high ...
48pc: Pakistan’s silent poverty crisis
Pakistan accounts for nearly half of the people living below the $3-a-day poverty line across ...
Modest recovery, rising risks
Pakistan’s economic growth outlook remains clouded by uncertainty, with major multilateral institutions offering different projections ...
Can Pakistan turn temporary stability into real growth?
Pakistan’s repeated reviews under International Monetary Fund programmes highlight a persistent paradox in the country’s ...
Rate stability buys time, but Pakistan’s economy needs structural reform
The State Bank of Pakistan’s decision to keep the policy rate unchanged at 11.5 per ...
High costs, low ambition: The two-front battle to save Pakistan’s ...
The country’s trade deficit increased by 18.1 per cent to $7.1 billion during the first ...
IMF policies hindering Pakistan’s growth?
Pakistan’s economic stabilisation under the International Monetary Fund’s ongoing Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme has ...
Is Pakistan’s economic turnaround real?
Pakistan’s latest fiscal figures provide a rare measure of encouragement for an economy that has ...
Economic optimism vs hard evidence
The State Bank of Pakistan’s latest Monetary Policy Report offers a cautiously optimistic assessment of ...
Another $10bn loan? Pakistan cannot borrow its way out of ...
The reported discussion over the possibility of securing a $10 billion loan from the United ...