Pakistan’s PSDP conundrum
ECONOMIC headlines in Pakistan are centred on big macro numbers, which often miss important insights. One such instance focused on the amount of ‘development’ expenditure released in the first month…
What are we missing? A tale of PSDP
The Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) is one of the most important government sector endeavours. The PSDP is intended to prompt growth and bring in development mainly through infrastructure development,…
Rethinking the PSDP
In finding the right mix for long-term economic growth in Pakistan, we may look also at the role of public investment and its main instrument, the PSDP. Given that it…
Review of the federal PSDP
The Federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) has been set at Rs 1001 billion for 2017-18. This represents a 'big push', with a 40 percent growth over the development spending…
Rs730 billion proposed for PSDP
Amid abstention by the Punjab chief minister and protests by the Balochistan government, the National Economic Council (NEC) raised the next financial year’s Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) to Rs300…
PSDP – an analysis
Since the inception of Pakistan, a number of plans and policies have been made to formulate a sustainable developmental programme where no obstructions could hinder the development process. Economic development…
Underspending climate funds
PAKISTAN’S inability to efficiently utilise allocated development funds is severely hampering our economic progress and climate resilience efforts. With more than $2 billion underspent annually, the country’s absorption capacity has…
State of the economy
The first three quarters of 2024-25 have come to an end. This is the appropriate time for reviewing the state of the economy, as the federal and provincial budgets will…
Delayed degrees issue again comes up in Senate panel meeting
The issue of delayed degrees awarded by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) was again raised as the Senate Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training met here on Tuesday…
Development gap of Balochistan
The province of Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan in terms of area. It has an area of 347,190 sq.kms, equivalent to 43.6% of the total geographical area of…
