Fahd Rehman

Stagnant  merchandise exports

Stagnant merchandise exports

One notable exception is the petroleum group, whose exports fetched precious foreign exchange of $720m in 2013-14 Published 04 Aug, 2014 06:03am
The privatisation narratives

The privatisation narratives

There is a need to debate the scale, degree, extent, pace and distributional consequences of privatisation. Updated 07 Jul, 2014 08:36am

A stabilisation budget

Fiscal discipline will be imposed on the provinces through at-source deductions while net expected provincial Published 09 Jun, 2014 06:05am

The Eurobond narratives

The question of domestic debt servicing needs to be reframed: whether the government can default on domestic debt or Published 12 May, 2014 07:03am

Stagnant cement exports

The cement industry’s utilisation capacity has been at around 72-74pc since 2008. This is a manifestation of lower Published 05 May, 2014 07:32am