Economy

This article presents a political economy explanation of ongoing institutional recalibrations in Pakistan. In particular, it critically scrutinises the notion...

While in Pakistan a mere suspicion of blasphemy invites vigilante violence, in India the vigilante lynching is reserved for those...

Pakistan and China have had a splendid journey so far. For decades, their bilateral relationship has anchored on the principles...

It seems that the government is adamant on taxing people more and more and to gather revenue from whatever it...

The direction of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to commercial banks regarding the applicability of International Financial Reporting Standards...

For many in Pakistan, there is one reason for the country’s perennial laggardness – corruption. These Pakistanis blame the cupidity...

Muhammad Bakhsh, a landowner in Chagai, has been hard hit by the climate change over the past decade. As in...

Former Finance Secretary Younus Dagha, in his comments on the SBP Amendment Bill, has claimed to have made a significantly...

On the 9th of December 2021, the Economic Advisory Group (EAG) set up by the PRIME Institute, a private think...

According to the Pakistan Economic Survey (2021), 24.3%, i.e. one in every four Pakistanis, lives below the national poverty line....

The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a very well-thought-out and executed project. The various road networks – many of...

That which is titled “Public debt (Gross),” and also commonly known as Sovereign Debt, is the result of a country’s...

The current International Monetary Fund (IMF) program has been in limbo, and for its revival, the PTI government has agreed...

A legislative process which was bypassed for the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Amendment Bill has placed yet more question...

Zubair Motiwala, Chairman of the Pakistan Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI), has been urging both Islamabad and...

The continuing hike in the prices of motor gasoline, popularly called 'petrol,' is being widely criticized. The following paragraphs are...

In my last article in this space, I advocated for a wheat procurement policy that, amongst other objectives, could work...

A common person in the West imagines Afghanistan and Pakistan as one region with similar characteristics: that is to say,...

The Doha dialogue mediated by Pakistan had to orchestrate a broad-based and sustainable peace process in Afghanistan. Peace in Afghanistan...

Nearly 60% of Pakistan’s population is between ages 15 and 64 and if you add those older than 65 to...

ASAD EJAZ BUTT ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF ‘DATA POVERTY’

Following weeks of uproar, the parliament finally approved the federal budget for FY 2021-22 with a quantum of Rs. 8.4...

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 was prolific from a revenue collection perspective. Tax revenues grew by 9.2% from Rs.5.4 trillion...

States possess many resources, of which one is finance. Governments, by definition, have to manage the business of the state...

Consider two years in the history of the South Asian Subcontinent: 1947 and 1971. Both were the culmination of long,...

Pakistan’s economy is no less interesting than its politics. Whenever you begin to think that stability has returned and one...