19

Jul

Financing private sector growth

By Ali Salman/Beenish Javed Published in The Express Tribune on July 19, 2021   ISLAMABAD: Over the last two decades, Pakistani banks have experienced structural reforms and a phenomenal growth. Their profitability has multiplied several times and they have played an important role in job creation as well. But it remains debatable whether the privatisation of banks […]

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14

Jul

Why is the IMF so unpopular?

By Usman Hayat Published in DAWN on July 14, 2021 People have protested against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in country after country that has borrowed from it, be it Argentina, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan or Tunisia. The placards held by the protesters often accuse the IMF, the global lender of last resort, of[…]

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13

Jul

From food surplus to famine?

By Zeba Sathar Published in DAWN on July 08, 2021 ON July 1, Prime Minister Imran Khan absented himself from a high-level national security briefing to address an even more crucial threat facing Pakistan — food insecurity. On some level, it was heartening to see the prime minister focusing on a looming national concern. While focusing on[…]

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