Petrol subsidy: A half-baked scheme with a poor implementation strategy
The government’s newly launched petroleum relief package has sparked an intense national debate, drawing a ...
Stabilisation is not transformation: Pakistan’s economy in a bind
Recent data show a marked improvement in key macroeconomic indicators, reinforcing the government’s claim that ...
The Indus River is moving—Why isn’t the government?
A warning that the Indus River has shifted nearly 4.5 kilometres east of Larkana over ...
High costs, low ambition: The two-front battle to save Pakistan’s ...
The country’s trade deficit increased by 18.1 per cent to $7.1 billion during the first ...
Pakistan needs a second layer of border fencing
The efforts by China to sort out the issue of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan’s ...
A $7b risk: The high cost of ignoring Brussels’ GSP+ ...
Pakistan’s preferential access to the European Union market is entering a critical phase, with Brussels ...
When climate and war collide, food becomes the first casualty
The latest increase in global food prices offers a troubling glimpse of what happens when ...
Petrol shock: Pakistanis pay the price of war
The Middle East conflict has turned Pakistan’s petroleum market into another source of distress for ...
Pakistan’s widening trade gap: Why exports are stagnant
Pakistan’s trade deficit has widened sharply once again, reviving an old and uncomfortable question: why, ...
Medical tourism: Pakistan’s untapped export opportunity
For decades, Pakistan has searched for the next big export opportunity, moving from information technology ...