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By Khaleeq Kiani Published in Dawn on June 06, 2025 ISLAMABAD: Almost forty-five per cent of Pakistan’s population lives below the poverty line, according to a World Bank report released on Thursday. The finding, based on a survey conducted in 2018-19, comes in the wake of an update of global poverty lines made by the bank, and […]

By Ishrat Husain Published in The News on June 03, 2025 THE finance minister recently announced that the next budget would be a ‘strategic’ budget rather than making the math work. The annual budget is not only an instrument of fiscal policy (taxation, levies and expenditure choices ) but also directly or indirectly affects monetary policy, trade[…]

By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on May 21, 2025 ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday claimed that the economy grew by 2.7% in the current fiscal year, driven by an unexpected 4.8% growth in the industrial sector — despite earlier concerns over contractionary policies and the high cost of doing business. Throughout the year, the[…]