A goal too far?
After the general election of 2013 as the nation celebrated the smooth transfer of power from one democratically elected government to another, frantic efforts were under way to hammer out…
Financial market gyrations
In case you haven’t noticed, the financial markets in Pakistan have hit choppy waters and nobody seems to be sure of the reason why. The dollar has been rising despite…
A mammoth step in the right direction
New grounds are being broken that promise a bright future after all, for the struggling people of Pakistan. Strategically paramount, Pakistan has remained a chess board for superpower rivalry and…
‘Misperceptions of IMF’: MoF’s response
Dr Hafeez A Pasha has written an article: "Misperceptions of IMF" published in Business Recorder October 5th 2015. It stated that the executive board of the IMF must be thanked once again…
Risks and issues governing emerging markets
In the recent past we have experienced the emerging market exuberance, rightly so, because in the last decade the size of emerging markets economics stood doubled showing a growth rate…
A new emerging market
IN the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis in the US and, later, in Europe, global economic growth was generated mainly by the so called ‘emerging markets’, especially China, Brazil,…
Australian business welcomes tech-savvy PM
Captains of Australian industry have a lengthy wish-list for new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull but also strong hopes the former tech entrepreneur can encourage innovation and energise an economy struggling…
Let the people grow
For almost three centuries economists had thought that inequality was the inevitable result of economic growth in at least the early stages of the economic development of a country. This…
The ignored imperatives
After the Soviet Union's withdrawal from Afghanistan and shift of America's focus from Afghanistan to decimating the Soviet Union (with no concern for rebuilding Afghanistan's infrastructure shattered by America's proxy…
Every number tells a story
The release this past April of the World Bank's 2014 Findex report was a major wake-up call for Pakistan. Less than 10 percent of Pakistani adults have an account at…
