IMF and the stalled second tranche
Questions are being raised as to when the 6 billion dollar International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility programme will resume, suspended post-March 2020 to enable the administration to deal…
Questions are being raised as to when the 6 billion dollar International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility programme will resume, suspended post-March 2020 to enable the administration to deal…
Pakistan’s budgetary financing operations (federal and provincial) July-June 2019-20 were released on Wednesday – the day after the briefing on the data to the cabinet on 11 August 2020. Prime…
Razak Dawood the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Commerce in an interview to a foreign news agency last week acknowledged that he is pushing the government to bet big…
On 3 November 2020 Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the industrial support package while the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance, Dr Hafeez Sheikh - one of six flanking…
The International Monetary Fund’s report titled “Fiscal Monitor: a fair shot” appears to be, at best, coincidental and, at worst, a deliberate rejoinder to recent calls for a revisit to…
Decades long poor planning and flawed policies in the energy sector have finally brought matters to a head and until and unless some bold politically challenging measures are not immediately…
In the 4th year of its tenure, the PTI government has diverted its focus to privatisation of Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs). The rhetoric however is much the same as it was…
The concept of ‘charter of the economy’ was first floated by Ishaq Dar in 2015 as he faced growing criticism for his handling of the economy. By far the most…
Can the Pakistan authorities negotiate a package with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that would provide time to identify, agree and implement major structural reforms - particularly in the several…
Sometimes red, and sometimes grey, it is all on merit, that is what they say. Seriously. Probably Not. Like it or not the palette is in their hands. With one…