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Ihtasham Ul Haque
Ihtasham Ul Haque

  • July 31, 2017

    The mystery of economic growth

    Pakistan’s decade long subdued GDP growth rate would significantly...

  • July 24, 2017

    Sticky opinions

    INSIGHT All official projections and estimates set for 2017-18 are fast...

  • July 17, 2017

    Last decree

    OPINION The fast paced dollarisation of the economy has started taking...

  • July 10, 2017

    Counterfeiting anomalies?

    INSIGHT The economic cost of prolonged political confrontation is...

  • July 03, 2017

    Rickety road

    INSIGHT The unfortunate lengthening of shadows over the political...

  • June 26, 2017

    Partner in crime

    INSIGHT For the first time, after the completion of its three year...

  • June 19, 2017

    Appropriate restructuring

    INSIGHT With the passage of 2017-18 federal budget sans the...

  • June 12, 2017

    Budgeting for polls

    INSIGHT Unanticipated fast paced developments on the internal and...

  • June 05, 2017

    ‘Slogan budget’

    The federal budget for 2017-18 pledges very little to spur the much needed real growth but does speak of an expansionary and very inflationary budget that is bound to further increase the fiscal...

  • May 22, 2017

    The way forward

    Pakistan-China close-cooperation strengthening got an enormous push, following a decision by the two governments to massively develop Pakistan’s agriculture sector under a recently revealed...

  • May 15, 2017

    Feeling squeezed

    INSIGHT Crunch bells have started ringing in an election year, forcing...

  • May 08, 2017

    Mouldy matters

    INSIGHT Pakistan’s fragile economy continues to suffer due to...

  • May 01, 2017

    Weighing up returns

    INSIGHT The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government is contemplating...

  • April 24, 2017

    It’s not over yet

    INSIGHT The decision taken by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on the...

  • April 17, 2017

    Beyond earnings

    The government’s financial worries are rapidly worsening despite...

  • April 10, 2017

    No more hunky dory

    INSIGHT Finance minister Ishaq Dar along with his economic team...

  • April 03, 2017

    Downward spiral

    INSIGHT The country’s export sector is choking fast and warrants...

  • March 27, 2017

    Murky affairs

    INSIGHT The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government is racing to...

  • March 20, 2017

    Back in crisis

    INSIGHT The fragile economy is threatening sustainable and inclusive...

  • March 13, 2017

    Pending conclusions

    INSIGHT The prolonged period of political uncertainty arising out of...

  • March 06, 2017

    Forgotten promises

    INSIGHT The country’s undocumented economy is to face harsh...

  • February 27, 2017

    Squeezing debt balloon

    INSIGHT TThe central bank is considering a number of alternatives to...

  • February 20, 2017

    Struggling to make right

    INSIGHT The first six months of 2016-17 have witnessed an unwarranted 55...

  • February 13, 2017

    Dreaming big

    INSIGHT Pakistan’s GDP growth rate has not been as great as the...

  • February 06, 2017

    Structural incompetence

    INSIGHT Pakistani economy suffered tragically due to the callous...

  • January 30, 2017

    False respite

    INSIGHT Pakistan Stock Exchange 100-index has achieved another...

  • January 23, 2017

    Economic expulsion

    INSIGHT The International Monitory Fund’s prescribed preference...

  • January 16, 2017

    No quickfix

    INSIGHT The uncertainty triggered by Panama leaks is refusing to die...

  • January 09, 2017

    The gimmicks must end

    INSIGHT Fiscal deficit - the mother of all economic ills - has...

  • January 02, 2017

    Comprehensive concerns

    INSIGHT The failure in managing the declining key macroeconomic...

  • December 26, 2016

    Autonomous decisions

    POLICY The belligerent Pakistan Muslig League-Nawaz government is once...

  • December 19, 2016

    Thorny issues

    COMMENT The successful completion of Rs22 billion Turbat-Hoshab-Sorab...

  • December 12, 2016

    Numerical damage

    Pakistan remains far behind regional economies in promoting savings and investment, which makes it difficult for planners to achieve high single digit GDP growth rate necessary for sustainable...

  • December 05, 2016

    Towering twin deficits

    FINANCE Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government’s reckless...

  • November 28, 2016

    Economic exasperation

    INSIGHT The size of the informal economy is growing at a phenomenal...

  • November 21, 2016

    Flimsy defence

    INSIGHT The eight-month long controversy over Panama Papers has eclipsed...

  • November 14, 2016

    A new web

    INSIGHT Jolted by the stunning upset victory of a political outsider in...

  • November 07, 2016

    A con system

    INSIGHT Over the years, Pakistan’s regulations to fight money...

  • October 31, 2016

    Hostile questions

    INSIGHT Pakistan’s  highly vulnerable external sector is...

  • October 24, 2016

    Mutual incompetence

    INSIGHT After giving a clean bill of health to the Pakistani economy in...

  • October 17, 2016

    Elementary manoeuvring

    INSIGHT The government is struggling to improve the much needed...

  • October 10, 2016

    Greater than income

    INSIGHT The World Bank and International Monitory Fund have given up...

  • October 03, 2016

    A thorny issue

    FINANCE Overcoming menacing delays, the government seems all set to work...

  • September 26, 2016

    The water course

    As the Pakistan Muslim league-Nawaz tenure starts to slide downhill...

  • September 19, 2016

    Tyranny of external debt

    INSIGHT The country’s rising external debt is fast becoming...

  • September 12, 2016

    Growing gap

    FOCUS The difference of opinion between the government and the...

  • September 05, 2016

    Stay or shift

    INSIGHT The declining exports, home remittances and foreign direct...

  • April 25, 2016

    Politics, economy and Panama papers

    INSIGHT The political temperature continues to rise due to revelation...

  • April 18, 2016

    Whistle for change

    INSIGHT The much needed political stability, without which there cannot...

  • April 04, 2016

    Wish list

    FOCUS The new trade policy once again seeks to achieve the formidable...