GDP

Managing external financing, increasing exports will be biggest issues for upcoming govt

Economy expands to $313b; per capita income increases to $1,640, income inequality also up

Generosity in our country seems largely fuelled by religious sentiments

The problem is that there are no official estimates of the provincial GDPs

About 92% of the respondents expected the BRI to bolster domestic growth in the next five years

The negative financial impact of political dirt slinging must be realised

Ratio of 70.1% is 20 percentage points higher than sustainable levels

We are stuck with massive bills which our government must pay in order to survive

The foreign edition of the latest scheme seems to have been launched as a regrettable necessity

Lending agency advises tightening monetary policy, letting rupee weaken further to tackle challenges

The overall prevalence of undernourishment is estimated to be about 18% of the entire population

What really matters is the purpose for which the government borrows

It will profoundly change the structure of the country’s economy and alter the lives of all people

Financial stability cannot be attained in the country in the presence of the 7th NFC Award

Pakistan must not lose the opportunity to make its mark on global tourism

Perhaps the most challenging task is to undertake a vigorous and across-the-board tax audit

Almost all Arab countries have posted budget deficits over the past few years

The latest cunning stunt to squeeze taxation out of the people of Pakistan is to use the national identity database

Govt seems unwilling to accept such a condition as it would hurt its functionality

'Pakistan’s national saving rate is just over 11% of its GDP'

Economic growth has not matched debt growth, but gap has narrowed

Current account deficit expected to widen, will add pressure on foreign exchange reserves, says brokerage house

The real impact can be seen by looking at the share of net federal revenues devoted to defence

Analyst, however, does not expect sharp decline in forex reserves

This development strategy alone could not be sustained for a long period of time

Analysts have expected that full-year growth would meet or exceed the government’s target

Lender also warns of urgent need for policy actions to revive exports, slow imports, stabilise remittances

Finance ministry issues assurances to cover debt of loss-making state-owned entities

The third rescue programme, currently financially supported by EU states alone, runs to August 2018

Pakistan posted higher-than-expected deficit of $12.1b in FY17

Since this industry is in its infancy, taxation should not be a subject of concern

Time to turn to outward-looking policies, emulate successful emerging economies

Female labour force participation in Pakistan is at 22 per cent

Economic structure should be much more export-oriented, sophisticated

Govt needs to take steps like rupee depreciation, duty on non-essential imports, dollar bonds

Despite deliberations, govt fails to finalise national water policy in four years

Previous advances have halted as consumer spending loses momentum

Says revenue board took a hit of Rs169.7b

New loans were taken out to repay country’s maturing debt, maintain foreign currency reserves

As a percentage of GDP, the deficit rises to 4% compared to just 1.7% in FY16

The realisation of this potential depends on transformation of the economic structure

A starting point will be to tax 1% of the land-owning elite

It should focus more on increasing the welfare of people through structural reforms

You can never borrow your way out of debt

Change in definition will wipe Rs2 trillion off government’s books

Pakistan borrowed $1 billion from Beijing to return the $750 million liability

Inadequate measures to control emerging threats to external sector; no reforms to improve governance of public sector

New taxes imposed in five years add up to Rs1.3 trillion

Despite worrying macroeconomic indicators, Dar says Pakistan will not need another IMF bailout till 2019

World Bank says in its report that the country's growth rate will continue to accelerate in the coming financial...