Fiscal performance in 2021-22

By Waqar Masood Khan Published in Business Recorder on August 24, 2022 The results of fiscal operations for 2021-22 have been released. It is a spectacle of one of the worst fiscal outcomes in the country’s history. A great deal about it was already speculated based on Revised Estimates at the time of the budget, yet the […]

Seventy-five years of Pakistan’s economy

By Ishrat Husain Published in The News on August 19, 2022 A large majority of Pakistan’s population was born after the country got its independence. The median age today is 23 years and the youth have only experienced economic difficulties and hardships in their lifetime. They are hardly aware of the glory days of Pakistan. Despite the[…]

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Our living standards

By Riaz Riazuddin Published in DAWN on August 18, 2022 UNDER what conditions do we live in our country? A detailed profile of our households is provided by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics in its Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2019-20 (PSLM). A home is more than just a shelter. A stark feature of our[…]