Sectoral growth patterns in FY2023-24
The latest Pakistan Economic Survey for 2023-24, released in June, contains a comprehensive set of estimates on the multifarious features of the economy of Pakistan. This potentially makes it possible…
2023: a world of uncertainty
THE world is in strategic flux and in the midst of an intensely unsettled period. Looking ahead at key geopolitical trends and challenges in 2023, their overarching aspect is uncertainty…
Doomsday Clock 2023
ON Jan 24, 2023, The Doomsday Clock (DDC) was set at 90 seconds to midnight. This was closer to ‘qiyamat’ than ever before. According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists…
Findings of 2023 population census
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has recently disseminated the detailed results of the 7th Population and Housing Census of Pakistan, completed in 2023. This is the first digital Census…
Budgetary outcome in 2023-24
The statistics on the outcome of fiscal operations by the federal and provincial governments in 2023-24 were released recently by the federal ministry of finance. The overall outcome indicates a…
Consumer end tariff design and National Electricity Plan 2023
Utilities consider investments in generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure as fixed costs because these investments are not influenced by individual customer energy consumption. Traditionally, these costs are covered by variable…
Uncertain budgetary outcome in 2023-24
The outcome numbers on the fiscal operations for the first three quarters of 2023-24 have been released recently by the Federal Ministry of Finance. The annual budget deficit agreed with…
An anatomy of economic clichés/mantras of 2023—II
It would not be out of place to state that a smaller group of economists in the community in these forums also subscribe to the notion that it will be…
