Pakistan’s growth trap
The International Monetary Fund’s projection that Pakistan’s economy will grow by 3.5 percent in fiscal ...
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 ...
Pakistan’s persistent insecurity and investment potential
Investors look for stability, predictability, and the reasonable assurance that their people, assets, supply chains, ...
Pakistan’s education emergency: a crisis of inaction
More than two years after Pakistan’s federal government declared a National Education Emergency, the country ...
Middle East on the brink again
The diplomatic triumph celebrated just weeks ago on June 17, when the Islamabad Memorandum of ...
Global energy storms and Pakistan
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has painted a more cautious picture of Pakistan’s economic outlook, ...
Pakistan’s financing treadmill
Pakistan’s federal government debt has climbed to Rs81.9 trillion by the end of May 2026, ...
Pakistan’s devolution paradox
The debate over Pakistan’s fiscal federalism has once again come into focus following the World ...
Middle East peace prospects in jeopardy
The ink on the hard-fought diplomatic breakthrough was barely dry before the Middle East plunged ...
Pakistan’s mounting debt crisis calls for urgent structural reforms
According to the latest figures released by the State Bank of Pakistan, by the end ...