Pakistan’s economy remains trapped in a vicious boom-bust cycle, struggling to achieve sustained growth and resilience. A glaring consequence of this instability is the recurring need for external financial support,…
It is encouraging to see evidence that Pakistan is on the road to recovery in terms of economic stability and growth. With a26% quantitative increase in textile exports, the first…
Early this week, at the inauguration of a children’s ICU in Larkana (December 28), Bilawal Bhutto gave voice to the widespread public dissatisfaction with the direction of the economy. That…
A special committee comprising prominent industrialists and business leaders set by the federal government has proposed several measures to help jumpstart the sluggish economy and spur economic growth. To anyone…
This week’s approval of another IMF tranche of $1.2 billion for Pakistan will hardly make a difference to where it matters the most – the plight of the country’s mainstream…
Debt, deficits and dysfunction constitute the three fault lines, which define Pakistan’s looming economic reckoning. Pakistan’s economic crisis has become a story of recurring fault lines: rising public debt, missed…
THE recent floods have resulted in misery, displacement, death, loss of property and livestock, crop destruction and damage to infrastructure. While the total losses are yet to be calculated, it…
The menace of circular debt has today become one of the gravest threats to Pakistan’s sovereignty and survival, rivaling the scourges of terrorism and insurgency that have long plagued the…
Statements of support for progress achieved in stabilising the economy and advancing structural reforms agreed under the ongoing upfront, extremely harsh International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme conditions, has been forthcoming…
The 2025 Semi-Annual Report on China’s Economy has been released recently. According to preliminary estimates, the gross domestic product (GDP) in the first half of the year reached 66 trillion…
