Widening cracks
Pakistan’s trade deficit is widening despite an increase in exports. The budget projects the next ...
Time to upgrade, diversify agriculture
Pakistan’s agriculture sector grew by 4.4pc in the fiscal year 2021-22, against the target of ...
People’s compounding problems
The government has announced abolishing subsidies on electricity and fuel in the next month. It ...
Need for grand national dialogue
What we are seeing in Pakistan today is an inexorable process of political and economic ...
Economic uncertainty looms large
With a sinking rupee, fast depleting forex reserves and an unrelenting price spiral, Pakistan’s economy ...
Sindh-Punjab water tensions
Pakistan faces a serious water crisis for its summer crops and the situation has heightened ...
From stability to negativity
Pakistan’s economy grew at a rate of 5-6 percent in the last two years. The ...
Excruciating inflation
The income of the common people has been slashed by at least 20pc after recent ...
Long march & after: Whither Pakistan politics?
Pakistan is in the crosshairs of an unresolved political crisis which erupted with the ouster ...
Half-truths about economy
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government has released “statistics” to claim that its five-year (2013-18) ...