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 ...
Papering over the cracks: Endless return of Pakistan’s circular debt
Pakistan’s power sector has once again found itself trapped in the same vicious cycle: rising ...
The cost of Pakistan’s trade isolation
Pakistan’s latest trade figures reveal a troubling contradiction. The country occupies a strategically important geographical ...
Pakistan’s growth trap
The International Monetary Fund’s projection that Pakistan’s economy will grow by 3.5 percent in fiscal ...