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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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IMF policies hindering Pakistan’s growth?

Pakistan’s economic stabilisation under the International Monetary Fund’s ongoing Extended Fund Facility (EFF) programme has ...
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Is Pakistan’s economic turnaround real?

Pakistan’s latest fiscal figures provide a rare measure of encouragement for an economy that has ...
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Economic optimism vs hard evidence

The State Bank of Pakistan’s latest Monetary Policy Report offers a cautiously optimistic assessment of ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The cost of Pakistan’s trade isolation

Pakistan’s latest trade figures reveal a troubling contradiction. The country occupies a strategically important geographical ...
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Pakistan’s growth trap

The International Monetary Fund’s projection that Pakistan’s economy will grow by 3.5 percent in fiscal ...