Pakistan needs to ‘do more’ for double IMF payout

By Khaleeq Kiani Published in DAWN on June 29, 2022 • Additional prior actions include passage of budget as agreed with IMF, ensuring Rs750bn provincial surplus • Officials say toughest part of stabilisation exercise already completed ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will have to take at least two more “prior actions” to secure two combined tranches of about $1.85 billion […]

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Delusions of income equality

By Afshan Subohi Published in DAWN on June 27, 2022 Saeeda, a part-time maid, never had it easy. It has always been tough for her to sustain the family on her own and the fluctuating meagre earnings of her husband Moin, a self-employed house painter. Now with steep inflation, the family income falls short to cover their[…]

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Crisis slide

By Aisha Khan Published in DAWN on June 23, 2022 GAME theory is described as “a branch of applied mathematics that provides tools for analysing situations in which parties, called players, make decisions that are interdependent. This interdependence causes each player to consider the other player’s possible decisions in formulating strategy”. While game theory is primarily a[…]