When Pakistan received tranche of US$1.2 billion from International Monetary Fund (IMF), it was anticipated that PKR would find solid…
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After the successful completion of the combined seventh and eighth reviews, Pakistan has eventually received the long standing $1.16 billion…
Pakistan is striving to get reasonable policy to overcome its current economic crisis. A policy which might help to achieve…
Present political gimmickry is gruesome for investors Interview with Mr Sanie Khan — Independent Capital Market Expert Profile: Mr Sanie…
The federal budget 2022-23 has been presented with the outlay of Rs 9.5 trillion. The Gross Federal Revenue is estimated…
Interview with Mr Zia ul Mustafa Awan, President, ICMA International PAKISTAN & GULF ECONOMIST had an exclusive conversation with Mr Zia…
Conversation with Mr Majyd Aziz — Former President, Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry PAKISTAN & GULF ECONOMIST had an…
The year 2021 was nothing short of revolutionary and historical in multiple facets. In various areas of life, events took…
The foreign exchange reserves is a part of a country’s assets or monies having in reserve by the central bank.…
Pakistan is in its 75th year of independence, in all these years, Pakistan initially progressed very well and had somewhat…
Trade has historically been a powerful driver of economic growth and poverty alleviation in Asia. While tariff barriers to trade…
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) made an unexpected move by increasing its benchmark interest rate by 150 basis points…
International researchers identified that the problem of external borrowing as a strategy to enhance economic growth creates serious debate among…
Interview with Mr. Abdul Rahim Janoo, a leading businessman [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile: Occupation: Export and Import. Nature Of…
Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are still talking about raising taxes and electricity tariff at the last leg…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Pekka Lundmark President and Chief Executive Officer, Nokia[/box] The COVID-19 pandemic showed the importance of connectivity,…
Globally, fast rising trend of both external and domestic debt, emerging in 2008 and onwards due to economic recession has…
Federal government claims that it has given a growth budget this time and is also consolidating its reforms introduced in…
More than one year has passed but the battle against pandemic still continues. Governments and businesses are struggling hard to…
IMF program has now been resumed while government has also changed its Finance Minister in April 2021. A number of…
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected about 210 countries with more than 166 million confirmed cases and over 3.44 million deaths…
Our new finance minister, Shaukat Tarin, has strongly urged the IMF to reconsider its demand for raising electricity tariff by…
Interview with Mr Ashfaq Yousuf Tola – President, Tola Associates [box type=”shadow” align=”” class=”” width=””]Profile: Professional Accomplishments Memberships: Fellow Member…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is published in collaboration with IMF Blog 05 May 2021 Abdelhak Senhadji Writer, International…
For centuries, there was no need for Islamic finance as there was no financial system existed to “Islamize.” Up until…
The Pakistan’s economy has been characterized as unstable and highly vulnerable to external and internal shocks. However, the economy proved…
Pakistan will have a growth rate of 1.5 percent in fiscal year 2020-21, as per IMF. government is trying to…
COVID 19 pandemic has disrupted the entire global economy, which already with the start of the current century and particularly…
The global economy is emerging from one of its deepest slumps and beginning a passive recovery after the distressing health…
Looking at global GDP at constant prices of 2017 adjusted for cost of living/purchasing power, China was the biggest economy…
Country’s 60pc broad-based LSM units post positive growth Overseas workers’ remittances rise to 2.228bn in Nov 2020 FBR has surpassed…
Prime Minister claims that the government has created financial discipline for the first time in the history of the country…
Pakistan has posts significant growth in LSM, but highly dependent on direct and indirect imports is a setback for many…
Conversation with Dr Ayub Mehar — a renowned economist PAKISTAN & GULF ECONOMIST had an exclusive conversation with Dr Ayub Mehar…
Presently Pakistan’s external debt and liabilities reached historical level of $113.8 billion at the end of September 2020, due to…