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Asad Ejaz Butt

Asad Ejaz Butt

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The convoluted process of releasing funds

In its meeting held on 6th June 2023, the National Economic Council (NEC)approved the national development outlay for 2023-24 at Rs2.71 trillion,...

19.06.2023 10

Dawn Business

Asad Ejaz Butt

Stifling the private sector

Societies leaning towards capitalism have small governments that provide essential public goods to the people, formulate policy and leave the rest to...

29.05.2023 10

Dawn Business

Asad Ejaz Butt

Frequent govt collapses increase probability of future collapses, creating a self-perpetuating mechanism

Pakistan descended into a fresh round of political instability in April 2022 after Imran Khan, the then Prime Minister of Pakistan, was removed from...

15.05.2023 20

Dawn Business

Asad Ejaz Butt

Developing Pakistan’s economy of sports

As commentators say in cricket, ‘against the run of play’, Pakistan summited cricket ratings to become the top-ranked team in the world after four...

08.05.2023 30

Dawn Business

Asad Ejaz Butt

What would happen if Pakistan defaulted?

When Pakistan’s dollar reserves fell below $5 billion in December, and its credit default risk had reportedly become too high for analysts to ignore...

06.02.2023 70

Dawn Business

Asad Ejaz Butt

Exchange rate instrumentalisation, market signaling caused the dollar surge

The Monetary Policy Committee met last week and decided to increase the policy rate by 100 basis points. Market activity began to respond to this...

30.01.2023 30

Dawn Business

Asad Ejaz Butt

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