Pakistan economy

Even if the Pakistani middle class is 84 million strong how much purchasing power does it really have?

Pakistan is strategically located to become Asia’s premier trade, energy and transport corridor

Pakistan appears to have fallen into a debt trap

The crippling debt leads to financial insolvency and eventually results in compromising sovereignty

The KSE-100 index cross the landmark 50,000 threshold recently

Trade could help Pakistan advance on all three fronts, while driving job creation and poverty reduction

Pakistan’s stock exchange has been on the rise, showing unprecedented growth and investor confidence

PM Nawaz Sharif is looking to provide a Rs180 million incentive package aimed to augment exports in the country

Development comes on back of infrastructure spending, reforms and low commodity prices.

Pakistan’s total exports of creative & cultural goods have increased from $60 million in 2004 to $437 million in 2013

Metrics show that Pakistan is making steady progress towards improving its economic conditions

Pakistan also enjoys the GSP package along with 129 countries

IMF chief has pointed out that Pakistan’s exports account for a mere 10 per cent of the GDP

Shazia Syed discusses improvements country has made, elaborates challenges facing FMCG companies

‘The French car manufacturer’s decision to invest in country is outcome of efforts by Finance Minister Ishaq...

Needs national resolve, capable political forces and suitable environment

Using cargo-loaded containers will have drastic effects on exports, revenue and economic outlook

Development comes despite pleas from Economist Group to promote one of theirs

Movements in exchange rate have far-reaching socio-economic impacts

Senator Saleem Mandviwalla has proposed the Protection of Economic Reforms (Amendment) Bill 2016

Christine Lagarde felicitates PM Nawaz Sharif on country’s successful completion of IMF programme

Pakistan has been victim of unrealistic policies that could not outgrow certain limitations

Mission chief emphasises that difficult reforms need to be completed

World Economic Forum report compared 138 countries on which Pakistan stood at 122

Integration is the watchword for every aspirational economy in the world today

The drop in the remittances is clearly a reflection of the current economic slowdown in Middle Eastern countries

The country is not due to receive any hefty amount of foreign exchange in the near future

IMF’s three-year Extended Fund Facility programme seems to have added to an already mounting debt burden for Pakistan

Pakistan has already lost its market share in Afghanistan to India in pharmaceuticals

Pakistan’s economy has stabilised and is rebounding. That is a fact and to claim otherwise would be unwise

Pakistan has already been marginalised in international markets and its share has been gradually declining

The way forward for Pakistani exporters has just became slightly murkier

Textile and auto sectors will be impacted in the near term, negotiations will determine way forward, say stakeholders

There are a welter of motivations — many of them frankly militaristic or self-serving — that underlie foreign “aid”

Says British companies keen to invest in energy, agriculture and house building companies

The services of Joseph E Stiglitz must be hired for drawing-up the right kind of a charter of the economy for Pakistan

Pakistan has undergone a series of positive developments that merit recognition, says Forbes magazine

Currently, economic relations between countries help define the overall nature of their relationship