Global economy: Deepening structural faults
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), in its latest annual economic dispatch, delivers an unflinching ...
Unrealistic targets, narrow tax net and chronic policy failures
The Federal Board of Revenue’s repeated failure to meet its tax collection goals has once ...
Global poverty and persistent inequality
According to the latest World Bank report, almost 800 million people (8.5 percent of the ...
Economy: a dismal outlook
It is no surprise that the authorities concerned try to give a positive spin to ...
Debt, deficits and dilemmas
Pakistan’s fiscal position reveals a precarious blend of mounting debt, dwindling export capacity, and deep-rooted ...
Pakistan’s recovery myth
While the corridors of power echo with declarations of economic revival, the street-level reality tells ...
From demographic dividend to time bomb
Pakistan is witnessing a population growth rate declared the highest globally and regionally, with projections ...
Climate change – a disaster in the making
Pakistan will start losing about 6.5-9% of its GDP by 2050 due to changing climate ...
Low FDI highlights Pakistan’s investment challenges
The inflow of FDI into Pakistan has always been meagre and much below expectation. The ...
Igniting sectoral revival through reform, resilience
Amid shifting global economic crosswinds and domestic recalibrations, Pakistan’s blueprint for FY2025–26 presents a reinvigorated ...