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FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 37

Can daily price adjustments transform Pakistan’s fuel market?

The government’s decision to introduce daily petroleum price adjustments is a welcome reform that could ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 37

The cost of Pakistan’s trade isolation

Pakistan’s latest trade figures reveal a troubling contradiction. The country occupies a strategically important geographical ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 37

Middle East war: Hormuz becomes the decisive battleground

The Middle East conflict has entered its most dangerous and strategically significant phase, with the ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 37

Double-digit inflation returns as food and fuel costs surge

Pakistan’s consumer price index rose 11.1 percent year-on-year in June 2026, marking the third consecutive ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 36

Pakistan’s growth trap

The International Monetary Fund’s projection that Pakistan’s economy will grow by 3.5 percent in fiscal ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 36

The $40b chasm: Inside Pakistan’s perennial trade crisis

Pakistan’s external trade position deteriorated sharply during fiscal year 2026, with the country’s goods trade ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 36

Pakistan’s persistent insecurity and investment potential

Investors look for stability, predictability, and the reasonable assurance that their people, assets, supply chains, ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 36

Pakistan’s education emergency: a crisis of inaction

More than two years after Pakistan’s federal government declared a National Education Emergency, the country ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 36

Middle East on the brink again

The diplomatic triumph celebrated just weeks ago on June 17, when the Islamabad Memorandum of ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 35

Global energy storms and Pakistan

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has painted a more cautious picture of Pakistan’s economic outlook, ...