Stories by Riaz Riazuddin
The fault lies in our economic policies, which have been destroying our export competitiveness.
Updated 13 Nov, 2025 09:01am
Trump has brilliantly achieved the wholehearted acceptance of his baseline tariff rate of 10pc by all countries.
Updated 23 Apr, 2025 08:49am
Trump’s order was an invitation to negotiate; that’s probably why he tweeted that China got it wrong by retaliating.
Updated 11 Apr, 2025 09:12am
Crackdown on illegal currency activities like smuggling of foreign exchange reduced pressures on the exchange rate.
Updated 25 May, 2024 09:01am
Will fiscal prudence continue in the fourth quarter of FY24?
Published 08 May, 2024 07:40am
Let us hope that reforms succeed in our strangely hybrid, pseudo-democratic political system.
Updated 16 Apr, 2024 10:03am
There were 65m more men than women in the 2020 world population figure of 7.8bn.
Updated 27 Jan, 2024 10:57am
Depositors are getting lower returns from Islamic banks compared to conventional ones.
Updated 11 Nov, 2023 10:18am
It is imperative to invest more in human capital to promote growth and development in Pakistan.
Updated 27 Oct, 2023 09:51am
What kind of policy actions are needed to reduce our dependency on the Fund?
Updated 22 Sep, 2023 09:56am
What is alarming is the behaviour of long-term change in the share of industry.
Updated 02 Sep, 2023 08:02am
Why aren’t we trying to catch up with our former masters more quickly?
Updated 10 Jun, 2023 09:08am
Somehow our exporters haven’t captured international markets in a meaningful way.
Published 03 Jun, 2023 05:59am
The present inflation should be analysed in the context of historical perspective.
Published 20 May, 2023 06:25am
We need policies that can reduce poverty in the short, medium and long term.
Published 01 Apr, 2023 05:33am
What is the true nature of SBP’s independence?
Updated 10 Feb, 2023 09:17am
International best practices do not require finance ministers to govern statistical agencies.
Updated 19 Jan, 2023 09:27am
The actual speed of Islamising the banking sector will depend on how soon or otherwise we overcome the inherent difficulties.
Updated 06 Jan, 2023 08:56am
It is bad policies which act as a curse and constrain the realisation of benefits from resources.
Updated 02 Dec, 2022 07:54am
Pakistan’s per capita use of steel is only 35kg as compared to the world average of 233kg...
Published 01 Oct, 2022 06:26am
