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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Growth in FBR revenue
Opinion

Growth in FBR revenue

The revenue collection target set for FBR in 2022-23 is Rs 7,470 billion, equivalent to 8.9% of the projected GDP,...
Published 04 Oct, 2022 05:55am
A fragile BoP
Opinion

A fragile BoP

The statistics on the balance of payments (BoP) of Pakistan have been released recently by the State Bank of ...
Published 30 Aug, 2022 06:21am
Burgeoning budget deficit
Opinion

Burgeoning budget deficit

The information on fiscal operations in 2021-22 has just been released by the Ministry of Finance. These figures are...
Published 23 Aug, 2022 05:56am
Soaring public debt
Opinion

Soaring public debt

The latest estimate of the stock of public debt of Pakistan by the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) as of end-March 2022...
Published 16 Aug, 2022 03:59am
Unsustainable BoP
Opinion

Unsustainable BoP

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has just released the numbers on the external balance of payments (BoP) position ...
Published 02 Aug, 2022 05:36am
Reducing C/A deficit
Opinion

Reducing C/A deficit

The rupee has taken a real beating last week, falling by 8 percent with respect to the dollar. There are both...
Published 26 Jul, 2022 04:31am
Agreement with the IMF
Opinion

Agreement with the IMF

The IMF staff and the Pakistani authorities have finally reached a staff-level agreement on the 14th of July on...
Published 19 Jul, 2022 06:00am
Runaway inflation
Opinion

Runaway inflation

The year-to-year rate of inflation in the consumer price index has jumped up to 21.3 percent in in June 2022. This ...
Published 13 Jul, 2022 05:48am
The 2022-23 Annual Plan
Opinion

The 2022-23 Annual Plan

The Annual Plan for 2022-23 has been presented by the Planning Commission. This plan comes at a critical time when...
Published 05 Jul, 2022 05:19am
A constrained budget
Opinion

A constrained budget

The federal budget of 2022-23 has been presented in a difficult and uncertain economic and political environment in...
Published 21 Jun, 2022 05:51am
Outlook for inflation
Opinion

Outlook for inflation

The multilateral agencies, World Bank, and the IMF, have recently updated their projections of the rate of inflation...
Published 14 Jun, 2022 05:56am
Imperatives for FY23 budget
Opinion

Imperatives for FY23 budget

The federal budget for 2022-23 is to be presented by the coalition government on the 10th of June in the National...
Published 07 Jun, 2022 05:47am
IMF programme interregnum
Opinion

IMF programme interregnum

The meetings between the IMF staff and the government’s economic team came to an end in Doha on the 25th of May....
Published 31 May, 2022 05:11am