Govt sees stable economy, external sector
By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on March 08, 2025 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it expects the economy to grow by 3.1% and the current account will be largely balanced in this fiscal year on the back of higher remittances and the […]
PM Shehbaz vows gender equality, issues first Gender Parity Report
Published in The Express Tribune on March 08, 2025 Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday reaffirming his commitment to gender equality said women’s empowerment could only be achieved by providing them an equal access to education, skill development and employment opportunities. “It’s our mission and an unwavering commitment to ensure[…]
The last mile
By Khurram Husain Published in Dawn on March 06, 2025 HERE it comes. The coming IMF review is going to be successful, but the government is likely to emerge significantly more hamstrung at the other end. We should expect an embattled budget drawing up process as the search for more[…]
Revival? For whom?
By S. Akbar Zaidi Published in Dawn on February 20, 2025 NO amount of self-congratulatory full-page advertisements in newspapers on the first anniversary of the Feb 8, 2024, elections, along with television ads showing a benevolent farsighted prime minister giving instructions to a young girl about all that has been[…]









