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Dec

Macroeconomic vulnerabilities persist: IMF

Published in Dawn on December 20, 2025 ISLAMABAD: The IMF’s Resident Chief in Pakistan, Mahir Binic, on Friday cautioned that the country’s macroeconomic vulnerabilities persist, underscoring the need for continued and credible reform efforts. The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) convened a policy session on the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility (EFF), focusing on […]

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19

Dec

In decline

By S. Akbar Zaidi Published in Dawn on December 19, 2025 PAKISTAN is in decline — in serious, considerable and sharp decline — as manifested by its economic, social and human development indicators. This decline is both relative to other comparable developing countries which have now steadily and increasingly outpaced Pakistan as indicated by multiple indicators, and[…]

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11

Dec

Seminar by Syed Faizan Abbas Naqvi, widely known as “Lahore ka Khojji,” on “A Fifteen Year Journey Exploring Lahore’s Heritage,” held as part of Pakistan’s Economic History Society.

On 10th December 2025, the Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDS), Lahore School of Economics, organized a seminar titled “A Fifteen-Year Journey Exploring Lahore’s Heritage” by Syed Faizan Abbas Naqvi, popularly known as Lahore ka Khojji, as part of the Economic History Society. The session was presided over by Dr. Rashid Amjad, Director GIDS and Patron of[…]

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