Opinion Economic recovery with high risks ‘This edition of Global Economic Prospects makes clear, policymakers face formidable challenges – in public... Updated 08 Jan, 2021 03:29am
Opinion Vaccine inequality and economic misfortune ‘The global scheme to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries faces a “very high” risk of failure,... Updated 01 Jan, 2021 03:42am
Opinion Economic advice for the PM The prime minister made a very timely and passionate speech recently at the signing ceremony of performance... Updated 25 Dec, 2020 04:43am
Opinion Handling the sovereign debt issue ‘Since 2014, total sovereign debt has increased as a share of GDP, and the range of debt instruments has... Updated 18 Dec, 2020 03:52am
Opinion Dealing with the debt challenge 'For the most impoverished countries, the crisis and associated economic shutdowns came at a moment of particular... Published 04 Dec, 2020 03:04am
Opinion Pandemic and 'fiscal stimulation' 'Fiscal policy must play a leading role in the recovery. Governments can productively counter the shortfall in... Published 27 Nov, 2020 03:08am
Markets Towards an improved IMF programme '[Pakistan's] GDP growth fell to a little under 4 percent a year over 1988-2000, compared to almost 6 percent in the... Published 20 Nov, 2020 03:04am
Opinion Covid-19 vaccines in a neoliberal world [Who owns the patent on this vaccine?] Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?... Published 13 Nov, 2020 02:57am
Opinion Pandemic's second wave and oil markets 'For an industry still heavily scarred by the events of March and April, when prices went into free-fall as... Published 06 Nov, 2020 02:59am
Opinion Need for ‘green economic recovery’ ‘For a while in the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, there were high hopes for a V-shaped recovery. After a... Published 30 Oct, 2020 02:54am
Opinion 'Long Covid' and deep economic recession 'Covid-19 has left many patients with debilitating symptoms after the initial infection has cleared. This is "long... Published 23 Oct, 2020 02:32am
Opinion Reaching and implementing correct prices "Most economists rightly emphasize the role of the state in providing public goods and correcting market failures,... Updated 16 Oct, 2020 03:09am
Markets Avoiding international sovereign debt crisis "The COVID-19 crisis has made painful sovereign-debt restructurings inevitable for many countries... The World Bank... Published 09 Oct, 2020 02:37am
Opinion The missing role of government in markets The extractive institutional design, perpetuated under the garb of neoliberal thought process and created by the... Updated 02 Oct, 2020 03:31am
Markets Reforming agricultural sector Agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan's economy. Unfortunately, for long it has been neglected by successive... Published 25 Sep, 2020 02:45am
Opinion Serious issues in WB's doing business report 'The World Bank should no longer publish its Doing Business index, owing to its flawed design and vulnerability to... Published 18 Sep, 2020 02:59am
Opinion Reforming energy subsidy ARTICLE: In Pakistan, many households are finding it difficult to access affordable and reliable electricity.... Published 11 Sep, 2020 02:42am
Opinion Wind and solar energy: moving towards a green future ARTICLE: 'Countries across the world are now on the same path - building wind turbines and solar panels to replace... Published 04 Sep, 2020 02:57am
Markets Economy: govt’s misplaced exuberance ARTICLE:Stock markets only are a weak indicator of the overall performance of any economy, especially in terms of ... Published 28 Aug, 2020 02:02am
Opinion Undo neo-liberalism ARTICLE: 'This nation asks for action, and action now' - Franklin D. Roosevelt As a government that came on the... Published 21 Aug, 2020 03:10am
KSE-100 closes above 97,000 for the first time as investors dismiss political noise, index gains 1,782 points