Pakistan has proposed that the World Trade Organization (WTO) establish a multilateral framework on investment facilitation. Seventy other countries have supported the initiative, which will be considered at the next WTO ministerial conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2020. In preparation, a high-level forum was held in Astana on 28 September 2018. Pakistan’s participant at the forum was our Graduate Institute’s Visiting Professor, Khalil Hamdani.
By SYED HARIS AHMED Published in The Express Tribune on December 29, 2025 KARACHI: Pakistan’s economic discourse has long been dominated by familiar concerns: fiscal deficits, balance of payments pressures, and the performance of traditional export sectors such as textiles and agriculture. Yet, beneath these recurring challenges, a structural shift is quietly reshaping the economy. The country’s […]
By AHMAD MUKHTAR Published in The Express Tribune on December 29, 2025 ISLAMABAD: Walk through any Pakistani bazaar at dusk, and you’ll see the country’s real economy at work. Kiryana shops tally credit in worn ledgers. Hawkers sell fruit at wafer-thin margins. Mobile accessories fly off glass counters as commuters head home. This is Pakistan’s informal retail[…]
