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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Latest IMF projections
Opinion

Latest IMF projections

The Staff Report of the IMF on the First Review under the Stand-By Arrangement was released on the 19th of January...
Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:59am
Rising poverty
Opinion

Rising poverty

The incidence of poverty has skyrocketed in Pakistan since the Covid-19 pandemic and the disastrous floods of 2022....
Updated 30 Jan, 2024 05:29am
IMF projections
Opinion

IMF projections

The good news is that the IMF Executive Board has completed the First Review of the Stand-By Arrangement for ...
Updated 16 Jan, 2024 06:12am
Concerns of the World Bank
Opinion

Concerns of the World Bank

An article titled “Economic Turnaround Moment?” has recently been published in the newspaper, Dawn. It has been...
Published 09 Jan, 2024 04:18am
Problematic statistics
Opinion

Problematic statistics

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has been endeavoring to improve the quality and coverage of statistics in...
Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am
Outlook for inflation
Opinion

Outlook for inflation

The statement released recently by the Monetary Policy Committee of the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) indicates that...
Published 19 Dec, 2023 05:20am
Mixed economic trends
Opinion

Mixed economic trends

The first five months of 2023-24 have witnessed upturns and downturns both globally and within Pakistan. There was...
Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am
Unusual balance of payments
Opinion

Unusual balance of payments

The data on the balance of payments in the first four months of 2023-24 has been released recently by the SBP (State...
Updated 28 Nov, 2023 05:22am
SBP projections for 2023-24
Opinion

SBP projections for 2023-24

The Annual Report for 2022-23 on the State of the Economy by the SBP has been released recently. Along with a...
Published 07 Nov, 2023 07:02am
Value of PKR
Opinion

Value of PKR

There have been unusual developments in the value of the rupee (PKR) during the last seven weeks. From a trend in ...
Updated 24 Oct, 2023 05:50am
Spurt in inflation
Opinion

Spurt in inflation

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has released the estimate of the rate of inflation in the national Consumer...
Updated 10 Oct, 2023 06:47am
Improving tax compliance
Opinion

Improving tax compliance

The caretaker government has set up a tax reforms taskforce to come up with recommendations to close the ‘tax...
Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am