Pakistan has proposed that the World Trade Organization (WTO) establish a multilateral framework on investment facilitation. Seventy other countries have supported the initiative, which will be considered at the next WTO ministerial conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2020. In preparation, a high-level forum was held in Astana on 28 September 2018. Pakistan’s participant at the forum was our Graduate Institute’s Visiting Professor, Khalil Hamdani.
By Shazia Tasneem Farooqi Published in The Express Tribune on June 20, 2026 KARACHI: A total of 278,563 Pakistani workers registered for overseas employment during the first five months of 2026, reflecting the country’s continued dependence on foreign labour markets for employment and remittances. The latest data from the Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment (BE&OE) shows […]
By Waqar Wadho Published in Dawn on June, 20, 2026 PAKISTAN has entered IMF programmes roughly two dozen times. More than any other country. Each programme lands with the same diagnosis: the tax base is too narrow, distortions are too many, and institutions are too weak. The IMF prescribes, Pakistan implements, and the programme ends. And then,[…]
