Pakistan's federal finance ministers have generally opted for those policies/reforms that are supported by multilaterals/bilaterals that are politically the least challenging - as it facilitates borrowing - or implement outdated…
What could a Trump presidency mean for Pakistan’s economy? The answer is less than clear, of course, given the uncertainty of Mr Trump’s likely actions in the White House, stemming…
State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has released its 2015-16 annual report, which traditionally has served as a credible assessment of the economy's performance during a fiscal year. While this report…
With the passage of time, it is becoming increasingly clear that projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will cost more than what has been assumed thus far. The costs…
Over the last nearly seven decades we have been trying everything in the 'book' to lift the country out of its depressed level of socio-economic moorings but to no avail.…
While addressing the concluding session of the 8th meeting of the Finance Ministers of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Pakistan's Finance Minister referred to the trade-limiting policies of…
Staff level agreement was reached on the twelfth (final) mandatory quarterly review of the 6.64 billion dollar Extended Fund Facility (EFF) between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Pakistani…
Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) has identified Pakistan as an emerging market on its MSCI Emerging Market (EM) index as Pakistan Stock Market (PSX) has performed the best in Asia…
The eleventh International Monetary Fund (IMF) review was uploaded on the website on 5 July, eve of Eid-ul-Fitr. This could be construed as either a deliberate attempt to defuse a…
Do a girl born in a poor household in rural Balochistan and a boy born in a rich household in Karachi have the same or even a similar set of…
