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 Mehtab Haider Published in The Express Tribune on January 31, 2026 ISLAMABAD: Yet again failing in curtailing the total public debt at 60 per cent of GDP in a continued violation of the Fiscal Responsibility and Debt Limitation Act (FRDLA), approved by the Parliament, the total public debt of the country pushed up to Rs80.5 trillion […]
Published in Dawn on January 20, 2026 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded its highest-ever monthly information technology (IT) exports at $437 million in December 2025, marking a 26 per cent increase compared to the same month last year. During the first half (July-December) of 2025-26, IT exports reached $2.2 billion, posting a growth of 20pc over the corresponding period[…]
