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FeaturedNational VOLUME 20 ISSUE # 34

Global economy: Deepening structural faults

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), in its latest annual economic dispatch, delivers an unflinching ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 20 ISSUE # 34

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 ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 20 ISSUE # 34

Global poverty and persistent inequality

According to the latest World Bank report, almost 800 million people (8.5 percent of the ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 20 ISSUE # 34

Economy: a dismal outlook

It is no surprise that the authorities concerned try to give a positive spin to ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 20 ISSUE # 33

Debt, deficits and dilemmas

Pakistan’s fiscal position reveals a precarious blend of mounting debt, dwindling export capacity, and deep-rooted ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 20 ISSUE # 33

Pakistan’s recovery myth

While the corridors of power echo with declarations of economic revival, the street-level reality tells ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 20 ISSUE # 33

From demographic dividend to time bomb

Pakistan is witnessing a population growth rate declared the highest globally and regionally, with projections ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 20 ISSUE # 32

Climate change – a disaster in the making

Pakistan will start losing about 6.5-9% of its GDP by 2050 due to changing climate ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 20 ISSUE # 32

Low FDI highlights Pakistan’s investment challenges

The inflow of FDI into Pakistan has always been meagre and much below expectation. The ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 20 ISSUE # 32

Igniting sectoral revival through reform, resilience

Amid shifting global economic crosswinds and domestic recalibrations, Pakistan’s blueprint for FY2025–26 presents a reinvigorated ...