Pakistan has proposed that the World Trade Organization (WTO) establish a multilateral framework on investment facilitation. Seventy other countries have supported the initiative, which will be considered at the next WTO ministerial conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2020. In preparation, a high-level forum was held in Astana on 28 September 2018. Pakistan’s participant at the forum was our Graduate Institute’s Visiting Professor, Khalil Hamdani.
By Usman Hanif Published in The Express Tribune on August 09, 2026 KARACHI: Sardar Liaquat Khan left his home nestled among the middle Himalayas near Banjosa Lake in Kashmir and his one-month-old bride to seek a better life. Three years later, he has not returned yet. His life is a quintessential story of the pain and gain […]
By Usman Hanif Published in The Express Tribune on August 03, 2026 KARACHI: Pakistan, which set its eyes on $5 billion in IT and IT-enabled services exports, closed the 2025-26 fiscal year with a record $4.6 billion in exports, a roughly 21% rise from $3.814 billion in the previous year. The figure marks the highest annual earnings[…]
