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The lacklustre performance of the public policies in some areas and dismal failures in other domains are breeding ideas falling in the realm of...
The greatest challenge facing the country is how to reverse the direction in which the economy is currently moving. The economic trajectory was...
A competitive cost of energy, particularly electricity tariffs, and its uninterrupted supply are essential for oiling the industry’s wheels....
The economy is projected to grow at two to three per cent, and the average inflation rate is expected to decline in the range of 20-22pc in FY24, from...
The Sindh government has taken some steps in the right direction to empower local government bodies (LBs), but the proposed measures fall short of the...
With the government focused on foreign borrowings to repay unsustainable debts and struggling to achieve macroeconomic stability, the issues in...
The nine-month $3 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund is generally seen as a breather and bridge to a subsequent...
Tinkering with issues that are effects and not the principal cause of the crisis does not and cannot offer any durable solution. And the outcomes, at...
The crisis of finance capital would have been much worse than what is being currently witnessed but for the crutches provided by workers’...
In Pakistan, as elsewhere, the continuing multiple crises are opening up new opportunities for a gradual shift in policy and business practices as...
The current economic and political mess is triggered by a murky set of rights enjoyed by the authorities embellished by major lapses owing to the...
To pull the economy out of stagflation, the simple solution may appear to be an increase in domestic production and the removal of supply constraints...
The austerity measures aimed at saving Rs200 billion annually on current expenditures announced recently by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif are seen by...
The dismal economic conditions affecting the majority of the people, the growing chasm between the government and the discontented masses, divisive...
Former Prime Minster Imran Khan says if returned to power after the elections, he would have no choice except to support the role of the International...
Policymakers’ efforts to raise productivity for export-oriented economic growth have not achieved any meaningful success, as the country has...
Can the general elections expected this year open up the path that leads to a turnaround in the political economy? Or will we just see business as...
In the public discourse about how to put the economy on the path of inclusive and sustainable economic development, analysts have usually focused on...
We, as a nation, produce much less than we consume. In the predominantly consumption-led economic growth, the domestic demand is met by imports that...