Riaz Riazuddin
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
We are afflicted by our elites’ madness, driven as it is by high and borrowed consumption.
Updated 08 Sep, 2022 09:04am
It is hardly surprising that our country is at the bottom quarter of countries in terms of health indicators.
Published 18 Aug, 2022 06:24am
The political crisis is preventing the economy from healing through normal doses of price increase.
Updated 06 Aug, 2022 08:47am
Pakistan produces nuclear power for peaceful purposes along with 31 other nations.
Updated 21 Jul, 2022 09:11am
We can learn much about our culture simply by identifying the items in our new consumer baskets...
Published 30 Jun, 2022 05:27am
We seldom think of a tandoor as an enterprise where naans are baked.
Published 23 Jun, 2022 07:55am
By keeping domestic oil prices low, the government had been giving charity to the non-poor.
Updated 04 Jun, 2022 09:04am
If authorities believe our economic and financial condition is not as bad as Sri Lanka’s, then their inaction proves risky.
Updated 27 May, 2022 08:37am
Foolish statements uttered by officials, past or present, destroy the credibility of economic policies.
Published 20 May, 2022 06:25am
Blind belief in a conspiracy theory can be dangerous, but a nuanced approach is useful.
Published 28 Apr, 2022 07:42am
Short- to medium-term pain must be endured for gaining long-term economic benefits.
Updated 31 Mar, 2022 08:55am
Government borrowing from the State Bank hinders savings.
Published 22 Feb, 2022 07:17am
Fears regarding the SBP Amendment Bill, passed by the NA and Senate, are misplaced.
Published 29 Jan, 2022 07:13am
As soon as rehab starts, our bureaucrats and technocrats find ways to escape from it, longing fervently for the stimulus again.
Published 30 Dec, 2021 07:25am
Not only are wages low, there also seems to be gender discrimination...
Published 17 Dec, 2021 07:25am
There is always a cacophony of protests when the rates go up although they benefit the savers.
Published 06 Dec, 2021 06:59am