This is a representational image of budget papers. — Canva/FileTHERE...
An employee counts Pakistani rupee notes at a bank in Peshawar, Pakistan...
The representational image displays a document labeled "TAX REFORM,"...
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb pictured at a meeting with an IMF...
The representational image shows a doctor injecting a vaccine to a...
Formalising Pakistan’s economy is crucial, yet progress has been limited as large cash economy
More recently, authorities have moved to phase out Pakistan’s long-term financing facility portfolio of Rs330b
Following approval of FY25 budget, Pakistan undertook several critical prior actions mandated by IMF agreement
From 2014 to 2023, Pakistan’s top 23 loss-making SOEs have accumulated astonishing loss of Rs5,595 billion
Energy sector, dominated by inefficient state-run enterprises, has become a labyrinth of mismanagement
Expected to commence production in 2029, Reko Diq carries an estimated revenue potential of $1 billion per annum
A labourer bends over as he carries packs of textile fabric on his back...
Budget 2025 cannot be a run-of-the-mill document for so many reasons
A man reads newspaper while selling betel leaves, known as pan,...
A harvester gathers wheat from a field near the Krasne village in...
The government can directly influence economic activity through current and capital expenditure
Many in Pakistan informally refer to Pakistan’s soiree with the IMF as an IMF programme
After inflicting intolerable pain on citizenry, governments abandon symptomatic treatment halfway into life of a programme as conditions get tougher to implement
Representational image. — APP/FileDear friends, in the year 2029, as we...
Pakistan is not a finished product, by any stretch of imagination. We...
The Stand-by Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund has...
The Australian government initiated an independent Review of the Reserve...
Representational image. — CanvaThe budget we present to the people of...
The economic challenges Pakistan faces are both acute and deep as we...
Pakistanis are living in an era of shocking price hikes, staggering...
Certain policy areas are less well understood. Austerity is one of them....
The need for being absolutely accurate in our strategy for solving the...
It is hard to envisage a worthwhile developmental effort without a...
The last few months have seen a disorderly movement in key markets. High...
The Charter of Economy is perceived as a minimum agenda to be agreed to...
Independence Day should be a day of reflection — a conscious...
The Setting: The idea of writing this piece is to debate the...
It is time for a brisk, upright and orthodox approach to some of...
Pakistan has been in a number of balance of payments crises since its...
Overcoming the current external solvency challenge is reminiscent of how...
Government is a very demanding business, much more difficult than...
The writer is former adviser,Ministry of Finance.We live in uncertain...
In several billion years of human history, the last few centuries have...
Globally, the spectre of inflation is back after a relatively benign...
Each one of us is born with certain endowments which form our life’s...
Governments all over the world routinely make the following announcements...
Second chances are rare. Pakistan has had innumerable chances of...
Evidence shows that New Year’s resolutions generally don’t produce...
The contention is that Pakistan has 5.2 million small and medium...
It is fashionable to blame a toxic ‘system’ for most of Pakistan’s...
The uniqueness and intensity of emotions that grandparents display...
It is true that fire-fighting the urgent instead of overcoming the...
We were beginning to enjoy a welcome party-like atmosphere, created by...
