Pakistan and Argentina have somewhat similar macroeconomic, and growth consequences, whereby although the extent of inflation rate was much more in the case of Argentina, yet both countries practiced significantly…
It is axiomatic that Pakistan’s regional policy should be anchored to ground realities instead of being based on wishful thinking and pious hopes. Historical record, however, reveals that in many…
Pakistan's interest rates have intentionally been maintained at a high level for the past months, in a miscalculated effort to control inflation by means of a contractionary monetary policy. Although…
The State Bank of Pakistan’s monetary policy has been used as part of the so-called macro stabilization measures over decades, particularly during periods of higher inflation and when Pakistan was…
It is no surprise that Pakistan's two top security officials are in the US to meet with their counterparts to discuss future cooperation in Afghanistan. The current state of Pakistan-India…
The unconditional withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan and the looming threat of a civil war has generated an intriguing debate on the policy choices confronting Pakistan. Islamabad’s stated Afghan…
A central bank’s primary responsibility as per the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is to conduct monetary policy to achieve price stability (low and stable inflation) and to help manage economic…
There’s no shortage of irony in the fact that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s diplomatic snub at the US-Arab-Islamic summit coincided with a decidedly rough patch in Pak-Iran relations. While President…
The speakers at a water conference stressed that a comprehensive consensus oriented National Water Policy was the need of the hour to pursue an effective water strategy considering climate change…
