What Can Be Done To Get Pakistan’s Economy Out Of Its Dismal State?
The dismal state of the economy evokes the label that is sometimes used to describe the discipline of economics: the ...
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Tag: GDP
Why Do The Lights In Pakistan Keep Going Out?
The question in the title of this article has landed in our inboxes and our consciences, thanks to the power ...
Debt Restructuring: The Government Has Its Work Cut Out After The IMF Saga Is Over
Pakistan, after gruelling 10-day negotiations, still awaits a staff-level agreement with the IMF. Though it is being reported that significant ...
After The Deluge, How To Build A Green Recovery In Pakistan
In our pursuit of narrowly defined economic growth, we are pushing the ecological balance beyond safe boundaries. This can have ...
Remittances: A Windfall Gain?
Remittances are important entry of the balance sheet of macro-accounting of a developing economy. It is believed that remittances can ...
Destructive Status Quo or An Opportunity to Reform?
During the last sixty years, the world has seen countries like Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and China achieve tremendous economic ...
Corruption And Stable Economies
Political turbulence is taking charge in Pakistan and will stay at least till the coming general elections, which are due ...
Chickens Have Come Home To Roost: Climate Calamity And Ad Hoc Policy Decisions
Despite a rich policy landscape that addresses climate changes, food security, and disaster risk management, the recent flooding has displaced ...
States and Markets | IMF, Floods and Flood Relief Tax
Despite the odds, Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) government was able to snatch a deal out of the jaws of the ...
What Is The Long Term Impact Of The Floods?
More than 33 million people have been affected and one-third of the country is under water. Swathes of land where ...
States and Markets | If Crisis Is Turned Into An Opportunity, Pakistan Could Free Up To Rs700 Billion Easily
As the global economy finally opened up after Covid-19, a yawning gap between demand and supply started pushing inflation upwards. ...
Pakistan’s Economic Crisis Is Widening, And Its Options Are Running Out
Pakistan’s economy is captive to a structure of inefficient practices that brings all our earnest efforts at economic revival to ...
Pakistan Cannot Become A Tenable State Without Tax Reform
The State cannot survive without the collection of sufficient taxes. Pakistan’s energy and water crises pose a greater threat to ...
Thinking About Diversity, Equity And Inclusion
Last month, I attended an interesting series of trainings on ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.’ My initial reaction was skeptical, but ...
The PTI’s Aggressive Ignorance And Delusional Stupidity In 10 Charts
“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.” “There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.” These quotes are attributed ...
Economic Meltdown Coupled With Mounting Debt
That which is titled “Public debt (Gross),” and also commonly known as Sovereign Debt, is the result of a country’s ...
Can Profits be Turned from State Owned Enterprises?
Pakistan’s State Owned Enterprises’ (SOEs) contributed PKR4 trillion to total revenues in 2018-2019. The total asset value was 19 trillion. ...
THE TRUTH WILL OUT
‘SC Election Date Verdict Could Be Reviewed After Mohsin Dawar’s Proposed Amendment’
Legal expert Haider Waheed on Wednesday said that...
After Punjab, ECP Schedules KP Elections For Oct 8
The Election Commission of Pakistan has scheduled elections...