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By Usman Hayat Published in Dawn, November 03, 2021 Is Pakistan’s public debt sustainable? Let’s try to answer this question in an apolitical manner and in relatively simple terms while examining the bigger picture. Pakistan’s public debt profile According to the debt bulletin by the finance ministry’s Debt Policy Coordination […]

By Nasra M Shah Published in The News on November 03,  2021 As a demographer, it surprises me to hear a range of knowledgeable persons describing Pakistan’s high rate of population growth, and its youthful structure, as an asset that could be an important tool in Pakistan’s development. Proponents of[…]

By Tahir Sherani Published in DAWN on November 01, 2021 Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin on Monday announced that an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the revival of the $6 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) had been reached and a formal[…]

Published in The News on October 30, 2021 KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is optimistic about the prospects for the country’s economic growth, expecting the economy to grow around 5 percent this fiscal year. “The economy grew about 4 percent in the last fiscal year and we expect[…]