Sakib Sherani
The budget strategy will deliver growth but raises the risk of external account stress.
Updated 18 Jun, 2021 09:06am
The fixation across the divide with the headline growth rate is dangerously misplaced.
Updated 04 Jun, 2021 08:29am
The design of the IMF programme has led to perverse incentives and unintended consequences.
Updated 21 May, 2021 09:07am
By putting together and leading the $62 billion CPEC, China is playing a potentially transformational role in Pakistan’s economy.
Updated 23 Apr, 2021 09:03am
Rising inflation and depleting political capital are the most obvious reasons.
Updated 09 Apr, 2021 08:43am
The primary purpose is to make the central bank completely independent of any oversight and accountability.
Updated 26 Mar, 2021 11:21am
The government should seize the day, not merely save it.
Updated 12 Mar, 2021 08:34am
Air quality is at hazardous levels, and a more robust policy response is needed.
Published 26 Feb, 2021 07:32am
Pakistan’s energy sector woes have cost dearly and have undermined economic stability.
Published 12 Feb, 2021 06:54am
Several critical development challenges stalk Pakistan’s longer-term prospects.
Published 29 Jan, 2021 06:36am
Fundamental reforms are needed to change the ‘system of spoils’, not save it.
Published 15 Jan, 2021 07:34am
Many challenges have festered and remained either unaddressed by successive govts, or addressed haltingly.
Updated 01 Jan, 2021 07:11am
A concerted campaign has been waged to deflate the morale of the nation.
Updated 18 Dec, 2020 07:52am
The PML-N bequeathed the largest economic crisis in Pakistan’s history and left behind a trail of policy lapses.
Updated 04 Dec, 2020 08:13am
For Pakistan’s economy to grow sustainably, it has to overcome some serious constraints to growth.
Updated 20 Nov, 2020 08:13am
Much of what needs to be done is in the realm of governance; hence, its impact may play out over a longer period.
Updated 06 Nov, 2020 08:44am
The federal budget for 2020-21 due today.
Updated 12 Jun, 2020 12:52pm
The economic impact is via multiple channels.
Published 22 May, 2020 05:54am
Flawed reasoning and muddled maths are informing government action.
Updated 08 May, 2020 10:53am
The policy response so far has been misplaced and piecemeal in two key areas.
Published 24 Apr, 2020 05:39am
