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Prime Minister claims that the government has created financial discipline for the first time in the history of the country whereas current account is in surplus for the first time in last 17 years. International media is praising Pakistan on …

Pakistan has posts significant growth in LSM, but highly dependent on direct and indirect imports is a setback for many sectors Interview with Mr Nasim Beg – CEO, Arif Habib Consultancy PAGE: Tell me something about yourself and your career …

Conversation with Dr Ayub Mehar — a renowned economist PAKISTAN & GULF ECONOMIST had an exclusive conversation with Dr Ayub Mehar regarding the current state of the economy of Pakistan. Following are the excerpts of the conversation: According to the leading …

Presently Pakistan’s external debt and liabilities reached historical level of $113.8 billion at the end of September 2020, due to fresh borrowing from multilateral and bilateral sources on account of public debt. The economists reveal that economic growth and development …

It is not only the challenge of Cvoid-19 pandemic looming on the horizon of country’s economy, but also it is growing size of black economy, outcome of corrupt practices flourishing with dimensions like manipulation of funds allocated for development expenditures, …

Interview with Muhammad Ejaz — Chief Executive, Arif Habib Dolmen REIT Management Limited Induction of mortgage finance facilities will be true game changer for the sector PAGE: Could you tell us about the recent developments in the real estate sector …

To “build back better”, we must make sure economic recovery plans also foster resilience to climate change. Debt-for-climate swaps could offer countries debt relief in exchange for a specific commitment to environmental goals. Debt swaps need to free up resources, …

Previous research on plagues and pandemics ranging from 14th century to the recent Spanish flu has established that pandemics greatly reshape how a society functions. As initially, the pandemic strains the health system, however, the stress becomes apparent in other …

The present government of Pakistan statistics showed that, took over $13 billion in foreign loans in the previous fiscal year — the second highest amount in history — to repay maturing external debt and cushion the shrinking foreign exchange reserves. …

This chart uses IMF estimates to show the countries most burdened by their national debt. Japan has by far the biggest problem, with general government gross debt at 238 percent of its GDP. In fourth place, the economic struggles of Lebanon add an extra …

After crossing the coronovirus tally of 220,000 cases in June the World Health Organisation (WHO) has named Pakistan among the 10 countries in the world who are reporting the highest number of new cases of COVID-19. The country recorded its …

The Federal Budget FY21 has an estimated outlay of Rs7,295 billion, 11% lower as compared to last year’s budgeted outlay of Rs8,238 billion. The budget has been slated as a relief budget by the government, where the attempt has been …