The National Accounts Committee (NAC) has revised the GDP growth for FY25 upward to 3.04 percent from an earlier estimate of 2.68 percent. Interestingly, almost all independent economists and research…
There has been persistent pressure on successive Pakistani Governments by policymakers, especially those affiliated with multilateral donor agencies, to increase the Percentage Tax-to-GDP ratio. It is true, that the fiscal…
The consolidated federal and provincial fiscal operations data for fiscal year 2024-25 assumes nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at 124,150 million rupees (defined as total market value of goods and…
DESPITE numerous attempts to introduce a robust data protection law that values the privacy of individuals and encourages growth, the proposed law on data protection fails to align the expectations…
The latest GDP numbers are proving that the economy cannot be decoupled from politics. Ever since political impasse began in 2022, the GDP growth has been down, inflation has skyrocketed,…
One point of commonality in all twenty-three International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes secured by Pakistan to date is an emphasis on raising tax revenue with more recent programmes seeking not…
Pakistan has committed to the IMF in the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies, as part of the Stand-by Facility, that by end of November 2023, the Pakistan Bureau of…
The economic recession in Pakistan is getting worse. GDP contraction is happening at a much faster pace than was expected. The numbers are shaping up uglier than what many analysts…
The budgeted Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate was an unrealistic 5 percent (10 June 2022), downgraded to 3 percent subsequent to the devastating floods and in recent reports the…
Can you name the country where women have the smallest share of senior, managerial and legislative roles? Can you name the country that has one of the largest gaps between…
