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Dec

Pakistan regionally

By Dr Niaz Murtaza Published in DAWN on December 12, 2023 WE lag economically even in South Asia. This lag is well-known but not its huge scale. To display that, I compare Saarc economies using World Bank data which runs up to 2022 and thus excludes our poor 2023 data. I focus on the state we left […]

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Dec

Saving climate

By Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri Published in The News on December 10, 2023 The Covid-19 pandemic, a phenomenon that eluded previous infectious threats like Ebola, SARS, MERS and swine flu, was declared a pandemic not only due to its contagious nature but also because it posed a threat to humanity, transcending wealth, nationality and religion. Similarly, climate[…]

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Dec

Revitalising Pakistan’s export engine, economic activity

By Aadil Nakhoda Published in Express Tribune on December 11, 2023 KARACHI: The recent trade statistics published by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) for November 2023 suggest that exports in the first five months of FY24 are hovering at levels similar to those reported for the first five months in the previous fiscal year. Exports increased[…]