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Dec

The ‘net economy’

By SYED HARIS AHMED Published in The Express Tribune on December 29, 2025 KARACHI: Pakistan’s economic discourse has long been dominated by familiar concerns: fiscal deficits, balance of payments pressures, and the performance of traditional export sectors such as textiles and agriculture. Yet, beneath these recurring challenges, a structural shift is quietly reshaping the economy. The country’s […]

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Dec

Pakistan’s bazaar economy runs the country while staying off the books

By AHMAD MUKHTAR Published in The Express Tribune on December 29, 2025 ISLAMABAD: Walk through any Pakistani bazaar at dusk, and you’ll see the country’s real economy at work. Kiryana shops tally credit in worn ledgers. Hawkers sell fruit at wafer-thin margins. Mobile accessories fly off glass counters as commuters head home. This is Pakistan’s informal retail[…]

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23

Dec

A Primer on Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications with Tariq Khan

As part of its Seminar Series, the Graduate Institute of Development Studies hosted a talk on artificial intelligence (AI) by technologist Tariq Khan on December 17, 2025. The seminar, titled “AI in Practice: Opportunities, Real-World Applications, and the Road Ahead”, provided participants with a foundational understanding of artificial intelligence, followed by a discussion on its practical applications[…]

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