When protest stretches over a week, cumulative shock shaves 0.2-0.5% off GDP

Pakistan knows its floods risk but yet to build financial tools to price it

Now comes harder task; remittances, reserves alone do not deliver prosperity

Govt spends up to 87% of PSDP on retired staff, private funds offer escape

Pakistan can no longer afford to treat export growth as administrative luxury; it is macroeconomic necessity

We tax salaried class while real estate, agri, retail remain untouchable

Budget must be bridge between economic stabilisation, long-term growth

Islamabad finds itself positioned between much-needed infusion of regional liquidity and looming global energy crisis

Regional instability could redirect data infrastructure, outsourcing and skilled labour to Pakistan

How trust-based credit sustains markets beyond banks and the tax net