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NovCOP-out
By Huma Yusuf Published in Dawn on November 24, 2025 ANOTHER COP, another blow to the planet. The annual UN conference increasingly seems a ritual designed to accept planetary demise rather than an opportunity to course-correct. For Pakistan, this year’s COP has highlighted the challenges of juggling realpolitik with managing […]
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NovExports stagnant despite rupee fall
By SHAHRAM HAQ Published in The Express Tribune on November 16, 2025 LAHORE: For years, Pakistan has relied on traditional levers like currency depreciation and energy subsidies to stimulate exports. Yet despite multiple rounds of rupee devaluation, the country’s export earnings have largely stagnated. According to an empirical analysis by[…]
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NovPoverty puzzle
By Rashid Amjad Published in Dawn on November 14, 2025 THE recent World Bank Pakistan Development Update, released at the end of October 2025, claims that poverty fell in 2024-25. This assertion raises troubling questions, especially since Pakistan’s poverty assessment report, published just a few months earlier by the World[…]
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NovPakistan’s reliance on remittances masks weak industry, low exports, stalled reforms
By SHAMSUL ISLAM KHAN Published in The Express Tribune on November 17, 2025 KARACHI: The strong rupee is luring imports, impacting domestic industry competitiveness and hurting exports. For the past three years, the government has been celebrating rising home remittances as its politico-economic success that has helped stabilise the rupee[…]
