What’s the mini budget all about?
Looking back, there was a reason that both Ishaq Dar and Shaukat Tareen signed with the IMF within days of taking office. Yet Asad Umar chose to stay ambiguous
Why Pakistan’s cotton value-chain has begun to atrophy
The industry blames a lack of government support, but capital appears to be shifting away from manufacturing, and the economics of growing other crops is better than that of cotton
The rupee is falling. Let it crash
Why letting the currency exchange rate fall may help fix some (but not all) of the structural flaws in the economy
Can ITU become Pakistan’s MIT?
Umar Saif’s brainchild is meant to be a research-focused institution. But it remains to be seen whether it has the ingredients necessary to be globally competitive
How well has the PTI performed on its 100-day agenda?
Most macroeconomic indicators have worsened since the Imran Khan Administration took office, but the party appears set to initiate some key economic reforms
The global halal trade: Is Belgium the next frontier for Pakistani exports?
A growing Muslim population and rising non-Muslim interest in halal products is a market waiting to be captured
Customs Today: the fake news portal used to threaten global shipping companies in Pakistan
A group of toy importers has taken to planting untrue stories on a news website in a bid to blackmail major shipping companies into cooperating with their tax evasion scheme
Naya Pakistan Housing: pipe dream or bold vision?
Experts weigh in on the feasibility of the government’s target of building 5 million homes in the country over the next five years
Eighteen: How an Egyptian company is building a new $2 billion Islamabad suburb
Orascom’s real estate arm believes there is a large enough market for Pakistanis who want to live the suburban life around the nation’s capital
What is the PTI’s energy game plan?
How having a former hydrocarbon company CEO as finance minister will shape the government’s approach to Pakistan’s biggest economic challenge
On the budget, Asad Umar capitulates to the Q-Block babus
Asad Umar's lack of preparation on matters of taxation and finance have allowed the civil service to push for a rollback of necessary reforms
Govt’s tax collection can go through the roof
From an academic to leading Punjab’s digital revolution, PITB Chairman Umar Saif has overseen the largest land record digitisation in Pakistan in an effort to not just end corruption and land grabbing but in a bid to promote land as a liquid asset
How Pakistan dealt with the 2008 financial crisis
The country’s crisis was not directly tied to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in the United States, but was indirectly hit by the global fallout of the US crash
What does China want from CPEC?
The history of China and the United States and how it explains what Beijing is doing pouring so much money into Pakistan
Pakistan: Of apples, cars, oil and IMF
While China is part of the story, it is not the pièce de résistance