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Monday, May 6, 2024
TopicPakistan economy

Topic: Pakistan economy

How Pakistan economy was in fast lane for 30 yrs but its engine kept overheating with debt

PM Shehbaz Sharif said that a life of debt is no life. But a look at the history of Pakistan’s loans suggests his predecessors perhaps lacked economic wisdom.

Sri Lanka, Pakistan hold lessons for India — from fiscal indiscipline to populist measures

The government must be restricted to the essential investments —defence, policing, courts, public health, basic social and economic infrastructure.

Bad news for India’s economic recovery. Modi govt should cut fuel taxes after UP voting

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Even Lahore smog is better than Imran Khan. His lovers are now singing of ‘toote sapne’

The opinion-makers in Pakistani media who initially supported Imran Khan, are in confessional mode saying, “sorry yaar, galti se mistake ho gayi”.

Pakistan’s economy can come alive if it addresses the problem of ‘dead capital’

Like physical capital, a lot of intellectual capital-related business ventures in Pakistan die because the laws required to facilitate them are not present.

Pakistan to cut ‘ridiculously high’ import duties to boost manufacturing, spur growth

The proposal will be mentioned in Pakistan federal government’s annual budget for the year starting 1 July, by when it targets to achieve a growth rate of 4.8%.

Pakistan linking trade and Kashmir issue shows leaders still don’t understand geo-economics

For Pakistan, ideology has trumped the kind of pragmatism needed to move away from geopolitics to geo-economics in its external relations.

Pakistan’s economy is beginning to show momentum as Covid cases taper off

Islamabad: Pakistan is showing signs of business activity picking up at a faster clip, as worries about new coronavirus infections fade in an economy...

For 20 yrs, Imran Khan had a dream. When he became PM, we got goats, cows & broken economy

Blaming Pakistan’s former leaders for the problems of the last 19 months makes for good prime-time news, but in reality, Imran Khan's rhetoric is slowly dying.

How will military generals solve economic issues? Why Pakistan is stuck in a broken carousel

Since 1947, the official worldview of Pakistan’s military has shifted only within the narrow space between an Islamic nationalism and complete Islamisation.

On Camera

‘Trade, not aid’—Narasimha Rao’s 1991 reforms speech that changed India’s economic landscape

On 9 July 1991, then-PM PV Narasimha Rao addressed the nation days before the Budget presentation, admitting that the job of repairing India's sick economy won't be easy, quick, or smooth.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.