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Mohiuddin Aazim

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Finance: Economic challenges remain

Good things have started happening in Pakistan’s economy, but challenges remain and may even compound in the near future. The Pakistani economy...

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Let’s not veil transparency

Freedom of expression is under threat. Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warns media persons and social media users that they could go to jail if they...

20.05.2024 50

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SBP’s policy transmission — a commentary

Financial analysts of different brokerage houses begin speculating about monetary policy changes two or three weeks before their announcement....

06.05.2024 60

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The law and order situation in Karachi is a perennial problem that continues to block fresh investment in the city

The situation of street crimes in Karachi is better than Washington and Paris, Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon boasted last week. Quoting...

22.04.2024 10

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Boosting services exports under works

Do you know that Singapore earned $291 billion through services exports in 2022? The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Turkiye followed with their...

15.04.2024 10

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The World Bank’s latest forecast says Pakistan’s GDP may grow only by 1.8pc-2.5pc in the next fiscal year

Some 40 per cent of Pakistanis continue to live below the poverty line with little in sight to hope for better days. The country’s economic growth...

08.04.2024 10

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Helping MSMEs flourish

Out of every 100 employed people in Pakistan, 72 work for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB),...

01.04.2024 30

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The perennial economic woes

In eight months and one week of this fiscal year — between July 1, 2023, and March 8, 2024 — the federal government’s budgetary borrowings from...

25.03.2024 40

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Agriculture’s deep-rooted challenges

Thanks to the latest rollover of a $2 billion Chinese loan, there is apparently little to worry about the rupee’s health till the end of March 2024....

04.03.2024 20

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New government must ensure business community is roped into policy formulation

The federal government borrowed more than Rs4 trillion from commercial banks in seven months and nine days of this fiscal year (between July 1, 2023,...

26.02.2024 10

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Is the rupee poised to depreciate?

BUSINESSMEN and investors want to know how long the rupee may remain stable. Many fear that the local currency might lose its worth against the mighty...

19.02.2024 60

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A less inclusive government will find it challenging to contain inflation effectively

The general elections are over. The process of forming an elected government is ongoing. Two important things to watch are how well the new government...

12.02.2024 20

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Impossible to find solutions to economic problems while ignoring political and security situation

The situation in the Middle East is grim. Threats of a wider military conflict now seem an imminent reality. After the February 8 elections, the...

05.02.2024 20

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Incessant, excessive government borrowings from banks ‘crowd out’ private sector

Banks in Pakistan make most of their interest earnings through investments in treasury bills and bonds. What keeps this trend stretched year after...

29.01.2024 20

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A bleak outlook

During the first half of this fiscal year (July-Dec 2023), the current account deficit fell to just $831 million from a whopping $3.63 billion in the...

22.01.2024 40

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A long way to go

Pakistan’s yearly consumer inflation rate stood at 29.7 per cent in December 2023, which means that those who earned Rs100,000 per month needed Rs...

15.01.2024 30

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Geopolitics requires Pakistan to develop cohesive national policy on economy, national security

Despite higher energy and interest rate costs and even amidst stagnant industrial output, Pakistan’s merchandise exports are growing — thanks to...

08.01.2024 70

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Containing inflation will remain difficult if markets are not brought under discipline

THE two historical events of 2023 — the breakout of the Israel-Palestian war and the spread of artificial intelligence — will continue to impact...

01.01.2024 10

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Pakistan’s path to financial revival seems uncertain

In November, annual national consumer inflation in Pakistan rose to 29.2 per cent from 26.8pc in October, mainly due to increased gas and electricity...

11.12.2023 20

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Accumulation of debt today will push up cost of debt servicing tomorrow

Within three months and ten days of this fiscal year (between July 1 and November 10), the federal government borrowed more than Rs3.244 trillion from...

27.11.2023 10

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Challenges on export front

Fourteen years ago, in FY10, Pakistan’s top 10 destinations for goods exports included the USA, UAE, Afghanistan, China and the UK, respectively. A...

13.11.2023 30

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No room for any missteps

The deportation drive is in full swing. Thousands of Afghan nationals staying “illegally” in Pakistan are being deported on a daily basis. More...

06.11.2023 10

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Needed: a level playing field

Pakistan and Pakistanis have always suffered and continue to suffer on many counts and in many ways just for one reason: the absence of a level...

30.10.2023 20

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Funds borrowed from banks are being used chiefly for debt servicing

In just over three months of this fiscal year (between July 1 and October 6), the federal government’s borrowings from banks almost tripled to...

23.10.2023 10

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The inflation conundrum

In a recent Dawn article, the authors — a former governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), chairman of Habib Bank Limited and president of Bank...

09.10.2023 20

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Finance: No room for complacency

As the ongoing crackdown on currency and commodity hoarding and smuggling remains in the news, rising fuel and energy prices, with their fallout...

18.09.2023 30

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