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Dr Muhammad Abdul Kamal
Dr Muhammad Abdul Kamal

  • April 09, 2025

    Pakistan and the tariff shock

    Pakistan should, in the long run, aim for geographical diversification for its products to mitigate external shocks

  • September 07, 2024

    Education index

    DEPIx is tool designed to evaluate performance of education systems in 134 districts across Pakistan

  • February 03, 2024

    Ambitious economic goals

    The export target for the next five years is set at $58 billion, almost double the existing level

  • July 12, 2023

    Beyond the IMF deal

    Pakistan has signed a fresh nine-month stand-by agreement with the...

  • May 20, 2023

    Perpetual crisis

    Negotiating with the IMF is not a new experience for Pakistan. The...

  • March 25, 2023

    Policy rate and inflation

    In the 1970s, economists believed that inflation was primarily caused by...

  • July 01, 2022

    Can a super tax tackle poverty?

    The incumbent government has imposed a 10 per cent direct tax in the form...

  • June 07, 2022

    Inflation and mental health

    Economists tend to focus on macroeconomic aspects when debating...

  • April 16, 2022

    Trade ties

    Pakistan has been struggling with political and economic instability for...

  • March 22, 2022

    A crisis in the making

    Although the escalating geopolitical tension between Russia and Ukraine...

  • February 07, 2022

    Rebasing GDP

    The process of rebasing the Gross Domestic Product entails the...

  • December 25, 2021

    Balancing trade

    Pakistan’s economic woes are aggravating with shrinking foreign...

  • November 23, 2021

    Rethinking trade

    Pakistan has a longstanding history of economic and political cooperation...

  • September 30, 2021

    Beyond the Afghan crisis

    Amidst all the uncertainties over the future of Afghanistan, recent...