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FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 04

Inflation at a crossroads

Pakistan’s economic barometer—the Consumer Price Index (CPI)—has inched downward to 6.1 percent year-on-year for November, ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 04

Population explosion threatens future stability

Among Pakistan’s many high-voltage problems, runaway population growth remains at the top of the list, ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 04

Revenue growth masked by missed targets, evasion and systemic flaws

The Revenue Division’s Year Book for 2024-25, published by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 03

Pakistan’s ‘cautiously optimistic’ recovery meets new pressures

Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance has struck a note of tempered hope in its latest Monthly ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 03

Pakistan’s investment drought

Pakistan’s economic engine sputters under the weight of chronically low investment, a malaise that has ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 03

Governance fault lines widen

The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recent Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment (GCDA) has thrust Pakistan’s ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 03

COP30: climate diplomacy fails once again

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) failed to yield the results expected from it. ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 03

Rising unemployment: A ticking time bomb

According to the latest Labour Force Survey released last week by the Pakistan Bureau of ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 02

IMF’s stark diagnosis of Pakistan

In a scathing indictment that lays bare the rot at the heart of Pakistan’s institutions, ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 02

When progress bypasses people

In a nation where gleaming skyscrapers in Lahore contrast starkly with dust-swept villages in Balochistan, ...