Khurram Husain
The whole year Pakistan spent trying desperately to avert default and manage crippling shortages of foreign exchange.
Published 02 Jan, 2023 01:43pm
With global markets in turmoil and the prospect looming of worldwide recession, Pakistan faces a perfect storm.
Updated 17 Oct, 2022 10:26am
There is no sense in raising your exports on the one hand while you are busy raising an army of illiterate and undernourished...
Updated 09 Dec, 2021 07:24am
In the days to come, they will find themselves rolling a lot of things back.
Published 02 Dec, 2021 07:07am
The inflationary tide showed up in a broad range of goods far beyond food and energy.
Updated 25 Nov, 2021 07:41am
Whatever spin they put out as they get busy to shift gears, they now face a public so sceptical that words won’t matter anymore.
Updated 18 Nov, 2021 07:40am
Is it possible that once again a closer look will show that monetary factors are behind this growth and inflation?
Updated 11 Nov, 2021 08:51am
The desperation was present in the prime minister’s televised address to the nation yesterday.
Updated 04 Nov, 2021 08:41am
The notification saga has ended, but so has the ‘same page’.
Published 28 Oct, 2021 07:04am
It will be a terrible mistake for the PM, his acolytes to underestimate the strength of the wave that is about to hit them.
Updated 21 Oct, 2021 07:52am
The government has nothing more than an MoU to ‘seek a commitment’ to conduct a set of feasibility studies.
Updated 14 Oct, 2021 07:53am
Despite PM Imran Khan’s assurances that things will soon get better, Pakistanis are looking with great trepidation and anxiety at
Updated 10 Oct, 2021 10:22am
Afghanistan should not be ditched but Pakistan should also keep its own interests in mind.
Updated 30 Sep, 2021 07:59am
The exchange rate alone can no longer absorb the full impact of the deterioration in the current account.
Updated 23 Sep, 2021 02:37pm
Keeping the rupee below the threshold of 170 will become harder and harder.
Updated 16 Sep, 2021 09:15am
The imbalances have already appeared, faster than anyone thought they would.
Updated 09 Sep, 2021 10:54am
Pakistan looks set to face yet another energy crisis in the coming winter months, the third time in three years that liquefied...
Updated 05 Sep, 2021 05:01pm
If so there are very significant implications for Pakistan.
Updated 02 Sep, 2021 08:14am
Gunning growth through public expenditure inevitably gives rise to external sector imbalances in Pakistan.
Updated 26 Aug, 2021 08:36am
Without international legitimacy they cannot unlock the reserves or reactivate donor funding lines.
Updated 19 Aug, 2021 03:07pm