Reforms required for growth
Published in The Express Tribune on February 11, 2023 KARACHI: Pakistan’s economy is standing at a critical juncture – one where contingencies have long stopped […]
Differences with IMF on external needs, power losses persist
Published in The News on February 09, 2023 ISLAMABAD: Differences persist over external financing needs and power sector losses between the International Monetary Fund (IMF)[…]
The IMF in perspective
By Sakib Sherani Published in Dawn on February 04, 2023 A POPULAR refrain of policymakers, many TV anchors and most public commentators in Pakistan is[…]
The case for sovereign default
By Nadir Cheema Published in Dawn on February 02, 2023 THE word ‘default’ (or its less pejorative technical equivalent, ‘restructuring’) sends shivers down the spines[…]
Chronicle of a crisis foretold
By Murtaza Syed Published in The Express Tribune on January 30, 2023 With just $3.7 billion left in foreign exchange reserves, Pakistan is once again[…]
Recalibrating governance – Part II
By Ishrat Husain Published in The News on January 27, 2023 The frequent takeovers by military regimes and the consequential screening of hundreds of civil[…]
CCP asks for strict enforcement of laws
Published in The Express Tribune on January 17, 2023 KARACHI: Complete implementation of the competition laws will reduce the price of essential items by 25[…]
Food security in danger
By Shafqat Kakakhel Published in The News on January 18, 2023 As defined by the World Food Summit (1996), “food security exists when all people,[…]
Finance: The deepening forex crisis
By Mohiuddin Aazim Published in DAWN on January 16, 2023 Pakistan remained in the grip of the foreign exchange crisis in 2022. Now, at the[…]