Exporting talent
PAKISTAN is one of the few countries that pushes its top talent to leave their motherland. This has been happening since independence but the year 2022 has witnessed the highest…
Our anaemic exports
WHY are our exports less than half our imports? Why are our imports more than twice our exports? I have posed these seemingly identical questions because their answers are very…
Textile exports will start falling soon
It seems that our economic planners are living in a fantasy world. Contrary to our budgetary expectations, which portray our exports rising from the current 30 billion dollars a year…
Export ambitions vs economic realities
While the Government is seeking a 100% increase in exports over the next three years, maintaining even the current level would be miraculous given current economic policies that fail to…
Mitigating export barriers
For the last couple of years, the government has been persuading the industry to enhance the country’s exports to $50 billion in the next five years. The industry, however, has…
Ramp up exports ( Part – II )
The strategy I propose aligns with a National Export Vision, echoing the principles of a sovereign, progressive, and efficient welfare state. The short to medium-term mission statements encompass prioritizing export-led…
Ramp up exports [Part – I]
In the current economic landscape of Pakistan, a clarion call for transformation resounds. The economic woes, manifested in perpetual borrowing, mounting external debts, and a precarious balance of payments, demand…
Why emphasis on export-led growth becomes imperative
In the expansive arena of economic governance, Ludwig von Mises’ profound assertion resonates: “If one rejects laissez-faire on account of man’s fallibility and moral weakness, one must, for the same…
High-tech export strategy
A 20-member delegation representing various sectors of Pakistan’s industry left for China on December 10, with the objective of enhancing Pakistan’s exports from the present shamefully low figure of $30…
Export sector: prohibitive energy costs
If the economy is to be stabilized, exports can no longer afford to pay for the energy sector’s failures and inefficiencies, and the government’s social obligations. Power tariffs in Pakistan…
