Opinion Some key budgetary magnitudes The Federal Budget for 2024-25 has been examined by the Parliament and following some amendments it has been... Updated 02 Jul, 2024 06:30am
Opinion State of the economy The fiscal year 2023-24 is likely to close with a mixed performance by the economy. On the positive side, there has... Published 25 Jun, 2024 06:42am
Opinion An appraisal of FY25 federal budget The Federal budget for 2024-25 has been presented in a mixed economic environment characterised by both positive and... Published 20 Jun, 2024 06:01am
Opinion Big fall in the rate of inflation The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has come up with a very pleasant surprise. The year-to-year rate of... Published 11 Jun, 2024 03:17am
Opinion Low taxation of property The recent revelation of massive investment in property by Pakistanis in Dubai of over $11 billion has not only... Published 04 Jun, 2024 06:28am
Opinion Big financing risks The IMF Staff Mission has left Pakistan after a series of meetings on the next Fund Programme in the form of an... Updated 28 May, 2024 05:54am
Opinion IMF projections for FY2024-25 The IMF Staff Report on the Second and Final Review under the Stand-by Arrangement was released on the 10th of May... Published 21 May, 2024 03:39am
Opinion The education emergency Shehbaz Sharif declared an ‘education emergency’ across Pakistan on Wednesday, the 8th of May 2024. This is in... Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am
Opinion Uncertain budgetary outcome in 2023-24 The outcome numbers on the fiscal operations for the first three quarters of 2023-24 have been released recently by... Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am
Opinion The falling rate of inflation The last few months have witnessed a major drop in the rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index.... Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am
Opinion Persistent decline of manufacturing sector The latest monthly data for February 2024 on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) has been released recently by... Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am
Opinion The education crisis The Prime Minister has rightly lamented recently on the lack of access to education of children generally and... Published 16 Apr, 2024 03:38am
Opinion Contours of a new IMF programme-II This is the second article on the contours of a new IMF Programme. The first article was published last week. It... Published 09 Apr, 2024 05:06am
Opinion Contours of new IMF programme Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated recently the need for moving ahead with a new IMF (International... Published 02 Apr, 2024 04:38am
Opinion Attacks on the NFC Award There have recently been some attacks on the 7th NFC award relating to the distribution of federal tax revenues... Updated 26 Mar, 2024 04:41am
Opinion Pakistan falls in human development The global Human Development Report of 2023-24 has been released recently by the United Nations Development Program... Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am
Opinion Dip in the rate of inflation There has been a visible and welcome slowdown in the rate of inflation in February 2024. The year-to-year rate of... Updated 12 Mar, 2024 05:05am
Opinion Economic contradictions There are a number of economic events and happenings in Pakistan which are difficult to find immediate and rational... Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:09am
Opinion Outlook for BoP The balance of payments (BoP) statistics released by the State Bank of Pakistan for the period July 2023 to January... Published 27 Feb, 2024 03:06am
Opinion Targets in the PML-N manifesto The manifesto of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) contains a set of key macroeconomic targets from 2023-24 ... Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am
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