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Editorials

No end to climate troubles

EDITORIAL: Earlier predictions about the effects of climate change are turning out to be so frighteningly true that...

Published 21 Apr, 2024 04:10am

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24.8pc inflation forecast: IMF projects 2pc growth

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the GDP growth rate for Pakistan at two per cent for...

Updated 17 Apr, 2024 09:41am

Business & Finance

China’s Q1 GDP growth solid but March data shows feeble demand

BEIJING: China’s economy grew faster-than-expected in the first quarter, data showed on Tuesday, offering some...

Published 16 Apr, 2024 11:53am

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World Bank quantifies Pakistan’s financing needs

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has stated that Pakistan now faces financing needs surpassing 10 percent of Gross Domestic...

Updated 16 Apr, 2024 11:07am

BR Research

An interview with Anwar Kashif Mumtaz, President, Pakistan Tax Bar Association

‘Documentation is the only way forward’ Anwar Kashif Mumtaz (Advocate Supreme Court) is a Tax and Corporate Lawyer,...

Published 15 Apr, 2024 10:38am

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Multiplicity of taxes heavily burdening industrial sector

Claim by the manufacturing sector is that while their share in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is 20 percent yet their contribution in taxes is over 60 percent

Updated 15 Apr, 2024 09:41pm

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FY24 real GDP projected to grow by 1.9pc

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s real GDP is projected to grow by 1.9 percent in fiscal year 2024, driven by a rebound in...

Updated 13 Apr, 2024 01:38pm

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SIFC helps FBR collect Rs6.71trn in Jul-Mar FY24

The government is likely to achieve its Rs 9.415 trillion revenue collection target for 2023-24

Updated 09 Apr, 2024 09:50am

Opinion

Exiting the economic quagmire: a call to action

Pakistan finds itself ensnared in a period of stagnant growth. If the World Bank’s projection of GDP growth for ...

Published 08 Apr, 2024 04:46am

Editorials

The quest for FDI

EDITORIAL: World Bank report titled “South Asia Development Update Jobs for Resilience” highlights the existing...

Published 08 Apr, 2024 04:46am

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SOEs: PM for speeding up sell-off process

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed to speed up the process of reforms and privatisation of...

Updated 05 Apr, 2024 09:57am

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No reduction in poverty in sight: World Bank projects 1.8pc growth

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has projected Pakistan’s GDP growth at 1.8 percent against the budgetary estimates of 3.5...

Updated 03 Apr, 2024 09:46am

Business & Finance

Urgent action stressed to stabilise economy

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) has stressed the need for urgent action to...

Published 03 Apr, 2024 05:29am

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

Editorials

March economic outlook

EDITORIAL: In the most damning indictment of the caretaker government’s performance on the economic front, the Gross...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 04:37am

Opinion

Productive use of energy critical to reviving economy

The new government faces the daunting challenge of navigating its complex economic landscape. The country’s foreign...

Updated 01 Apr, 2024 06:14am

Opinion

Paradigm behind an ideal tax-to-GDP ratio

One point of commonality in all twenty-three International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes secured by Pakistan to ...

Published 01 Apr, 2024 05:34am

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PM sets targets for MoF, other ministries

PM Shehbaz Sharif decides to evaluate the performance of each ministry

Updated 01 Apr, 2024 09:52am

World

India's GDP set to grow 8% or more in Jan-March quarter: finance minister

NEW DELHI: India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is on track to grow by 8% or more in the quarter ending March 31,...

Updated 30 Mar, 2024 08:23pm

Opinion

Criticality of regional economic cooperation-I

The size of Pakistan’s GDP was around USD 180 billion in 2010, which was around USD 400 billion in 2023. This is...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:22am

Business & Finance

Q2 GDP stands at 1pc despite improvement in agri sector

ISLAMABAD: The GDP growth stood at one percent in the second quarter of the ongoing fiscal year against the revised...

Updated 30 Mar, 2024 08:47am

Opinion

Documentation for economic prosperity

Upon assuming office for the second time, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has undertaken the critical responsibility ...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:45am

Pakistan

Q2FY24: Pakistan sees GDP growth of 1%, below expectation

National Accounts Committee says agriculture sees 5.02% growth, but industrial sector contracts

Updated 28 Mar, 2024 10:34pm

Business & Finance

NAC to approve Q2 GDP estimates today

ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) is scheduled to meet on Thursday (Mar 28) to approve the 2nd...

Updated 28 Mar, 2024 09:38am

Editorials

Bringing traders into the tax net

EDITORIAL: Successive governments in Pakistan have tried and failed to bring the country’s traders and retailers...

Updated 27 Mar, 2024 05:07am

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

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Fiscal deficit: OICCI submits proposals to Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) has submitted proposals to the government...

Updated 22 Mar, 2024 09:46am

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Country needs ‘another’ IMF programme: PM

Says rising electricity and gas theft, low tax-to-GDP ratio and rapid increase in expenditure need to be dealt with seriously

Updated 21 Mar, 2024 09:54am

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

Business & Finance

Senior economist says current economic challenges can be effectively addressed

LAHORE: Former Federal Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Pasha asserted that despite enduring challenging economic...

Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am