By Hassan Hakeem Published in The News on March 10, 2022 As the world celebrated International Women’s Day on Tuesday (March 8), Pakistan’s political landscape has yet another date to pay attention to – the 2023 general elections that are less than 19 months away. With political parties already in electioneering mode, temperatures for public mobilisation and […]
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MarBy Mustafa Pasha Published in The Express Tribune on March 10, 2022 KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan announced its decision to keep the policy rate stable at 9.75% this week. The market had mixed expectations on whether there would be a hike or not. Given that inflationary and external account pressures stem mainly from supply side[…]
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MarBy Maleeha Lodhi Published in DAWN on March 07, 2022 MUCH of Pakistan’s political history has been about governance failures and missed opportunities. Political instability has been endemic with the country alternating between military interventions and civilian rule. Reforms that could have transformed the country and placed its economy on a high-growth and sustainable trajectory were repeatedly[…]
