Rashid Amjad
We must seriously examine some IMF conditionalities.
Published 18 Jan, 2024 08:07am
Is the IMF agreement a case of a hard or a crash landing?
Updated 04 Jul, 2023 09:09am
Our economic managers must wake up to a new reality.
Published 01 Jan, 2023 07:06am
The economy has seen losses — but also some successes.
Published 17 Aug, 2022 07:36am
We are heading for another hard landing.
Published 17 Jun, 2022 06:11am
Economic policymakers have been prudent in setting for next year a modest growth target of 4.8pc.
Updated 25 Jun, 2021 08:49am
It is clear that the revival of and rise in economic growth is becoming a concept
alien to the IMF.
Published 10 May, 2021 06:39am
How do we ensure growth revival built on a sustainable, efficient and stable foundation?
Published 05 Mar, 2021 07:26am
The time of reckoning is fast approaching; the govt must deliver on its promises with less than two and a half years left.
Updated 04 Jan, 2021 08:33am
The Fund needs to realise that ordinary people are struggling.
Updated 26 Oct, 2020 02:16pm
It is worrying that the IMF programme has begun to stall.
Updated 10 Aug, 2020 10:28am
The government should adopt a three-month flexible rolling budget for next year.
Updated 12 May, 2020 03:33pm
The biggest challenge is the distress of the poor.
Published 11 Apr, 2020 03:40am
The government’s efforts should be concentrated on easing the constraints faced by exporters.
Published 27 Feb, 2020 07:21am
It appears that the IMF has underestimated the impact of stabilisation on poverty.
Published 16 Nov, 2019 07:08am
Pakistan must undertake far-reaching, decisive economic reforms beyond those envisaged under the IMF programme.
Published 08 Sep, 2019 07:04am
The targets and pace of economic reforms the government has set are formidable.
Published 01 Jun, 2019 08:04am
An agreement, based on realistic terms, should be struck soon.
Published 13 Feb, 2019 07:07am
Should we not welcome the fact that the government did not sign an IMF agreement on terms it felt were harsh?
Updated 12 Jan, 2019 09:33am
Any stabilisation programme must be implemented at a bearable pace, not one that results in economic mayhem.
Updated 15 Oct, 2018 08:44am