What sustainable macroeconomic stability?
The fall in inflation (to be precise CPI inflation) to single-digit in August –stood at 9.6 percent – meant that it was almost after three years that inflation had come…
Economic powder keg
VULGAR is the word that pops into mind when witnessing the kind of politicking that seems to have become the norm in Pakistan, especially against the backdrop of a faltering…
Fault lines in economic security
The national security paradigm revolves around economic security. A country is strong only if its economy is strong. It is beyond doubt that economic security makes a nation’s defence impregnable.…
Pressure cooker situation
WITH the social media platform X choked and new disclosures being made in the Islamabad High Court about the level of Big Brother’s intrusive interest in our everyday lives, conversations…
Pakistan’s weak economic growth outlook
The July update of International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s or simply Fund’s) flagship report, titled ‘World Economic Outlook’ (WEO) projected Pakistan’s economic growth rate for fiscal year (FY) 2023-24 stood at…
Some economic advice for the PM
The first thing perhaps that the PM needs to understand is that the over-board monetary austerity – over-emphasis on policy rate to control inflation – is more a cause than…
Need for revisit of deeply-rooted neoliberal economic policy mindset
In his visit to China, with PM and some other cabinet members, the finance minister, Muhammad Aurangzeb, while addressing a ceremony in China highlighted that Pakistan will be going into…
Path to economic stability
Pakistan has a crucial role in the complex web of global geopolitics, facing both difficulties and opportunities that converge at the intersection of democracy, sovereignty, and economic stability. Amid a…
Neoliberal economic policy, and political economic outcomes
In a number of interviews after becoming finance minister, there is a sense of naivety reflected in the thoughts of. Muhammad Aurangzeb when he thinks that agriculture, for instance, should…
Pakistan’s (mis)leading economic indicator
The upward movement of the stock market, such as the KSE-100, usually leads to optimism among businesses, statisticians and policymakers. They celebrate these figures as the sign of a national…
