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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicPakistan economy

Topic: Pakistan 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.

Pakistan’s central bank has a plan – end the boom-bust cycle of its economy

State Bank of Pakistan wants to give cheap credit to new industries with export potential & wants commercial lenders to boost their share of borrowing.

Pakistan’s army chief Bajwa steps in to fix its crumbling economy

Pakistan’s army chief Bajwa has met top business leaders in Karachi and Rawalpindi this year to find ways to bolster the economy.

Imran Khan is done being the PM of Pakistan. He now wants to worry about India all the time

People may die of dengue or lose jobs and slip into poverty because Pakistan’s economy is sinking. But Imran Khan must not lose sight of India.

Pakistan’s fiscal deficit rises to highest level in 28 Years

The deficit increased to 8.9% of GDP in the year ended June compared with 6.6% a year ago, just ahead of IMF’s first quarterly review of its bailout deal.

A year ago, PM Imran Khan promised Naya Pakistan but gave a series of embarrassments

Pakistan PM’s score card on altering the economic, foreign and security policies to usher in a welfare state is dismal.

A meeting with Imran Khan is all it took to make Pakistanis fall in love with Donald Trump

Persecution of marginalised groups in Imran Khan's Naya Pakistan resonates with Trump's Make America Great Again. But who cares about all that.

Protests in Pakistan after govt adopts new austerity measures over IMF bailout

The government has adopted new austerity measures and increased taxes in response to the $6 billion IMF bailout package.

IMF says Pakistan’s economy at critical juncture days after approving $6 billion loan

An IMF report said without bold reforms, Pakistan’s economy will remain critical given its largely unaddressed weak tax administration and tough business environment.

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Operation Sarp Vinash — the forgotten 2003 campaign that changed India’s fight against terror

Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder’s book on Operation Sarp Vinash shows why the Indian Army’s 2003 campaign to clear terrorist strongholds in Rajouri-Poonch still matters today.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.