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FeaturedNational VOLUME 17 ISSUE # 30

Widening cracks

Pakistan’s trade deficit is widening despite an increase in exports. The budget projects the next ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 17 ISSUE # 30

Time to upgrade, diversify agriculture

Pakistan’s agriculture sector grew by 4.4pc in the fiscal year 2021-22, against the target of ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 17 ISSUE # 30

People’s compounding problems

The government has announced abolishing subsidies on electricity and fuel in the next month. It ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 17 ISSUE # 30

Need for grand national dialogue

What we are seeing in Pakistan today is an inexorable process of political and economic ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 17 ISSUE # 29

Economic uncertainty looms large

With a sinking rupee, fast depleting forex reserves and an unrelenting price spiral, Pakistan’s economy ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 17 ISSUE # 29

Sindh-Punjab water tensions

Pakistan faces a serious water crisis for its summer crops and the situation has heightened ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 17 ISSUE # 29

From stability to negativity

Pakistan’s economy grew at a rate of 5-6 percent in the last two years. The ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 17 ISSUE # 29

Excruciating inflation

The income of the common people has been slashed by at least 20pc after recent ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 17 ISSUE # 29

Long march & after: Whither Pakistan politics?

Pakistan is in the crosshairs of an unresolved political crisis which erupted with the ouster ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 17 ISSUE # 27

Half-truths about economy

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government has released “statistics” to claim that its five-year (2013-18) ...