Miscellaneous Foreign grants: taken for granted? The term “development partners” has been in vogue for quite some time in the donor circles of Islamabad. It’s a euphemis Updated 05 Dec, 2019 11:29am
Miscellaneous Stewardship through refuge-in-a-bag Central to the criticism of genetically modified crops is the fear that weeds and pests may develop resistance against b Updated 05 Dec, 2019 08:19am
Miscellaneous All roads lead to tariffs, none to growth No dull day in international politics where U.S. President Donald Trump is involved. The President lives in a steady sta Published 05 Dec, 2019 05:44am
Miscellaneous Peaking food inflation The headline inflation stood at 12.7 percent in Nov-19, in line with the expectations. On monthly basis, the toll is up Published 05 Dec, 2019 05:32am
Miscellaneous Bt. Cotton: global experience The standard complain of Pakistan's textile industry is that cotton production is witnessing a freefall, led by a secula Published 04 Dec, 2019 07:38am
Miscellaneous The clock is ticking for FBR What should have been announced through a formal detailed data release by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) came in fac Published 04 Dec, 2019 07:28am
Miscellaneous Macro obsessions Despite the increasingly powerful reign of chicken in Pakistan, the country is unable to competitively export chicken to Updated 03 Dec, 2019 11:10am
Miscellaneous Rise of multilateral financing Amid improving macroeconomic stability and fiscal prudence, another green shoot is the healthy inflows from official, mu Updated 03 Dec, 2019 11:24am
Miscellaneous How not to write FBR’s revenue yearbook? The FBR released its FY19 revenue yearbook a few days ago. As is the case each year, the revenue yearbook is a motely mi Updated 02 Dec, 2019 11:22am
Miscellaneous Need for higher development spending With the fiscal and current account deficits under control, probably earlier than some observers had thought, there is a Updated 02 Dec, 2019 11:36am
Miscellaneous Support prices: where is the change? In the past week alone, the economic wizards of federal government have twice sat together to deliberate commodity suppo Updated 02 Dec, 2019 11:39am
Miscellaneous Price control in Riyasat-e-Madina Milton Friedman is quoted to have said that "if the federal government were put in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five Updated 23 Oct, 2019 12:59pm
Miscellaneous The future of work Businesses in Pakistan may be put into three kind of boxes: the aging legacy types, corporates or family-owned SMEs, th Updated 23 Oct, 2019 01:01pm
Miscellaneous Exports: High volumes alone won’t cut it The current account deficit for September 2019 at $259 million would have sounded extremely outlandish a year ago. But i Updated 23 Oct, 2019 01:06pm
Miscellaneous Pakistan needs PPP Governments in Pakistan, including provincial ones, do not have money to spend on development. Private sector is cash ri Updated 23 Oct, 2019 01:43pm
Miscellaneous Rising onion prices bring tears Back in January, while commenting on the rabi crop projections for FY19, SBP’s State of the Economy report had noted tha Updated 23 Oct, 2019 01:10pm
Miscellaneous On cellphone imports It’s probably a false alarm. As per central bank data, mobile phone imports came in at roughly $74 million for July 2019 Updated 20 Sep, 2019 05:57am
Miscellaneous Much ado about 5G The quest to bring 5G to Pakistan is off to a controversial start. Last month, Zong marketed itself as “the first and on Updated 19 Sep, 2019 06:01am