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Ammar Habib Khan

Ammar Habib Khan

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The future is electric

More than one-third of Pakistan’s imports is essential transportation fuel. Almost $5 billion of fuel is used by two-wheelers, and three-wheelers...

14.04.2024 40

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Capitalizing on coal

The government has been the biggest borrower from banks over the last decade, making up more than 70 per cent of banking assets. This has effectively...

31.03.2024 10

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A plan for electricity prices

There is a new government in place. Similar to previous governments, this one also does not have any plan in place to arrest economic stagnation, and...

17.03.2024 20

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Energy fallacies

Pakistan is stuck in a low-growth trap. The only way out of this trap is through industrial and export-oriented growth, which can only be achieved...

03.03.2024 20

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Fixing energy to fix growth

Pakistan is stuck in a low-growth trap. Consumption makes up almost 100 per cent of GDP, largely financed by imports, while the investment-to-GDP...

18.02.2024 20

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The promise of free electricity

Political manifestos are often wish lists that rarely come true. Free or cheap electricity is one such promise that may never materialize. Over the...

04.02.2024 20

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Lazy manifestos

Pakistan is stuck in a low-growth trap. Structural inefficiencies accumulated over the last many years have led to a scenario where the country can...

21.01.2024 50

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The (informal) wedding economy

Pakistan has one of the fastest population growth rates in the world, and considering an ever-expanding population base, it is estimated that more...

07.01.2024 100

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A new year to fix the economy

Hundreds of thousands of words have been written about the economy, and how to fix it over the last many years, but not much is done, and the economy...

24.12.2023 100

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Is the stock market in a bubble?

The KSE-100 index, which is the benchmark index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), has increased by roughly 18,000 points or 37 per cent over the...

18.12.2023 10

Dawn Business

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More money, more problems

The government continues to run its fiscal affairs with an increasing reliance on debt to fund its expenditures. The reliance on debt to fund fiscal...

10.12.2023 30

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A coherent energy plan

The government recently increased prices – across the board – of gas that is supplied through the country’s distribution network. The increase...

26.11.2023 60

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The privilege of identity

This space is mostly reserved for the economy, but what good is an economy without society, and what is a society without a set of fundamental values....

12.11.2023 60

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Higher for longer

Since 2010, the global economy has been on a spending spree, with close to zero interest rates being around for more than a decade. Such historically...

29.10.2023 30

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Capital market death

Capital markets in any economy characterize the nature of that economy. The depth of such markets refers to how much capital exists in such a market,...

15.10.2023 50

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It’s over

An unhealthy obsession with the rupee-dollar exchange rate has been driving the economic discourse and policy actions in the country, such that...

01.10.2023 20

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Escaping the low-growth trap

Pakistan’s economy is now effectively stuck in a low-growth trap. The composition of the economy is heavily tilted towards consumption, with...

17.09.2023 70

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