Mohiuddin Aazim

Big and sustainable gains in exports are impossible to attain without achieving economies of scale in export industries. Updated 01 Mar, 2021 09:19am

Reliance on foreign funding over an extended period of time hides structural ... Published 22 Feb, 2021 08:02am

Debt servicing in the first half of 2020-21 consumed three times more than the amount spent on defence. Published 15 Feb, 2021 07:04am

When a government aims to achieve a certain level of economic growth, it normally adds to inflationary pressures in the economy. Updated 08 Feb, 2021 09:07am

We can expect an even sharper rise in the merchandise trade deficit in Jan-June Published 01 Feb, 2021 07:03am

Thicker inflows of personal loans to address financial hardships can help contain social evils associated with joblessness Published 25 Jan, 2021 07:06am

Our external borrowings will go down if a reasonable portion of remittances goes into savings and investment. Updated 18 Jan, 2021 09:23am

Rising government borrowing makes little contribution to increased supplies. Updated 11 Jan, 2021 09:41am

The outlook for major crops appears good with the only exception of cotton. Published 04 Jan, 2021 08:21am

What remained essentially unchanged in the outgoing year was the focus on ‘financing’ growth instead of ‘enabling’ sectoral growth Published 28 Dec, 2020 07:07am

A sustainable model of borrowing needs to be designed with a greater focus on the NSS and registered prize bonds. Updated 21 Dec, 2020 09:35am

The debt servicing cost is likely to remain lower than last year’s owing to a relatively stable exchange rate. Updated 14 Dec, 2020 10:24am

The PTI government is relying on foreign inflows for economic recovery. Updated 07 Dec, 2020 10:03am

The SBP needs to watch banks closely to ensure that the dividends of pro-growth monetary measures are actually ... Published 30 Nov, 2020 07:21am

The purpose-wise segregation of bank accounts being fed by home remittances is attracting higher remittances Published 23 Nov, 2020 07:19am

Procedural relief in banking and regulatory regimes proves helpful only to an extent. Published 16 Nov, 2020 07:08am

The cultivation of politically sensitive sugar cane and wheat crops has long remained in the hands of powerful landlords. Updated 09 Nov, 2020 09:05am

Whether home loans have an early positive impact on the overall private-sector borrowings will become clear in a few months. Updated 09 Nov, 2020 09:12am

The central bank is reportedly seeking a limited role for itself in achieving macroeconomic goals. Updated 03 Nov, 2020 09:55am

The rupee’s sustainable rise against the dollar depends on whether the trade deficit will continue shrinking. Updated 12 Oct, 2020 09:13am