Export push or policy experiment?
Pakistan’s policymakers appear to be experimenting with a new strategy to revive exports at a ...
Pakistan’s youth bulge and the jobs imperative
During his recent visit to Pakistan, World Bank President Ajay Banga delivered a stark but ...
Rising unemployment: a massive
During his recent visit to Pakistan, World Bank President Ajay Banga spoke candidly about the ...
Global hunger index and Pakistan
According to the 2026 Global Hunger Hotspots report, released by Action Against Hunger, two out ...
Firm but fair: A pragmatic path for tax recovery
Tax collection in a country like Pakistan is always a balancing act. Right now that ...
Can new incentives fix Pakistan’s value-addition crisis?
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif recently announced a package of incentives designed to give Pakistan’s exporters ...
The invisible bribe
Another survey has dropped, and it’s showing the same old weird twist we keep seeing ...
Terrorist menace: an existential challenge
Pakistan has been hit by a series of dastardly terrorist attacks in recent weeks, triggering ...
Pakistan’s deepening debt crisis
According to the Annual Debt Review for Fiscal Year 2025 prepared by the Debt Management ...
Pakistan’s cyclic debt crisis
Pakistan keeps running into the same old problem: its public debt just won’t stop growing, ...