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[…]
Remittances drop to 31-month low at $2.04b
By Salman Siddiqui Published in The Express Tribune on January 14, 2023 KARACHI: The inflows of workers’ remittances sent home by overseas Pakistanis have continued[…]
Pitfalls of import substitution
By DR MANZOOR AHMAD Published in DAWN on January 09, 2023 ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee (NSC) has recently decided, among other things, that import[…]
Increase IT exports to $15b by 2026: PM
Published in The Express Tribune on January 06, 2023 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said that the country’s IT exports are not up[…]






