PM aide’s initiative to reopen trade with India is indeed the need of the hour

Govt needs to give priority to minimising trade barriers, its footprint on economy

Finance minister’s claim new measures will only affect the affluent contrary to facts

High inflation, high unemployment, energy crunch hallmarks of difficult year

Country can use awareness created by conference to reduce smog, city pollution

Soaring LNG prices in global market might exacerbate gas shortage this year

Fiscal and tax policies are highly distorted, do not work towards stakeholder economy

If more border-crossing points are opened, Pak-Afghan trade can surpass $5b

Deletion programmes are major hurdle to integration into global value chains

Perplexing, irrational bureaucratic practices delay decision-making