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Friday, September 12, 2025
TopicPakistan economy

Topic: Pakistan economy

Pakistan’s taking longer to gestate than others and nobody knows who’s running the country

Will whoever is running Pakistan stand up? 125m voters deserve to know whether they will be voting in 2023 for wooden Pinocchios, or their braided puppeteers.

Talks with TTP shameful. Pakistani lawmakers, wake up before you become irrelevant

TTP killers understand only the language of force. The lesson seems lost and the gains achieved at great cost by soldiers and officers are being undone.

Taliban hikes price of coal that Pakistan wants to import, shows who pulls the strings

Taliban increased the price of coal from $90 per tonne to $200 per tonne, and set custom duties at 30%, hours after Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif announced import plans.

Pakistanis confident the world won’t let a nuclear state collapse. They forget Soviet Union

Pakistan’s proclivity to live beyond its means, punch way above its weight, and indulge in expensive foreign policy adventures are all coming home to roost.

Ta-ta Twix, hello Belco—Pakistan’s import ban is a cause for local chocolates to celebrate

While the import ban benefits Pakistan's local brands, some question why their foreign chocolates are being confiscated during customs checks.

Pakistan wants US to mediate bailout negotiations with IMF. Media says focus on budget

PTI leader Shireen Mazari suggested a connection between Finance Minister Miftah Ismail's meeting with US Ambassador Donald Blome and ex-PM Imran Khan's ouster.

Pakistan’s minister has a two-cup-tea formula to fight economic crisis

Apart from consuming less tea, Pakistan’s planning and development minister Ahsan Iqbal also asked traders to wrap up their work early to save on energy.

Economic recovery under Imran Khan makes Pakistanis question his ouster

The findings of Pakistan Economic Survey 2022 left finance minister Miftah Ismail unhappy as he underlined that the Shehbaz Sharif government has 'inherited a fragile economy'.

Moody’s lowers Pakistan’s outlook from stable to negative citing IMF bailout delay

The rating agency’s decision is driven by Pakistan’s heightened external vulnerability risk and uncertainty around its ability to secure adequate additional external financing.

Soon Pakistan will be next Sri Lanka. What it means for India as China’s debt trap grows

When Pakistan goes bankrupt in a few months, China could be looking for an alternative route to ports in the Indian Ocean. Can Delhi alter the South Asian geopolitics?

On Camera

Coup, conspiracy & the foreign hand—What Indian TV news channels saw in Nepal this week

‘Gen Z v/s Govt’ TV news coverage went for two days—not sure about the source of the telecast from Kathmandu since no credit was given.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?