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[…]
Great Debate: FBR chief, economists urge ‘cautious approach’ to achieve economic growth
Published in The News on February 18, 2025 Experts, at Geo News‘ exclusive Great Debate on the economy, stressed the need for a “cautious and measured approach” to achieve economic growth, calling for structural tax reforms and sustainable policies. The panel, comprising prominent economists, business tycoons, analysts, and industry leaders,[…]
Support from remittances
Published in Dawn on February 13, 2025 EVEN though workers’ remittances dipped, albeit negligibly, in January on a month-over-month basis, the earnings that overseas Pakistanis send home continue to help the country’s current account stay in the positive zone. That remittances are helping the current account run a surplus month[…]