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Mansoor AhmadThe News on Sunday |
The government recently claimed that the country was heading towards economic stability even as challenges like inflation, high energy costs and...
S ector-wise Pakistan’s export base is narrow. Textiles are its largest export sector. These include items like cotton yarn, fabrics, garments and...
L ong-term policies create a stable environment for businesses and investors, enabling them to make informed decisions. Stability is particularly...
D etermining the features of the best industrial policy for an economy is often a subjective exercise depending on the criteria used for evaluating...
P akistan is facing a balance of payment crisis. Despite some improvement in its foreign exchange reserves (~$9 billion) it is still vulnerable to...
T he federal budget announced last week was front-loaded as expected. What was not expected was that the measures that can hurt the rich would be so...
A lthough the government has denied that it plans to slap a fixed monthly charge on solar panels installed by households, the idea has been floated....
O ne of the main problems Pakistan faces today is the documentation of the economy without which the country cannot achieve economic independence....
T he new coalition government will have little financial space. It will have to rely on loans for almost all its initiatives. The situation could ease...
Political parties in Pakistan have always made tall promises to the electorate during the campaigns ahead of general election. Pakistan Peoples...
The myth about the resilience of Pakistan’s economy has been busted. We have reached a stage where experts are at a loss on how to move ahead. All...