[ad_1] Special Facilitation Investment Committee (SIFC) was established by the Shehbaz Sharif-led government on 17 June 2023, and has since come under considerable criticism – by Shahbaz Sharif haters who…
Tag: Ishaq Dar
Can economy afford another Dar tenure?
[ad_1] Key economic indicators reflect a worsening trend (as per data released by the Finance Division) in July-August 2023-24 against the comparable period of the year before: remittances declined by…
Partly Facetious: Nawaz wasn’t in exile?
[ad_1] “I guess if Nawaz Sharif is returning after four years in exile, the deal has been struck.” “Hey he wasn’t in exile…” “Really! London no longer classifies as exile…
Poverty on the rise
[ad_1] Poverty levels have risen from 34.2 percent in 2022 to 39.4 percent in 2023, pushing 12.5 million people below the poverty line as per data shared by World Bank…
Trade conundrum: who is at fault?
[ad_1] The July 2023 trade data indicates an improvement in the trade deficit – from negative 1.863 billion dollars to negative 1.607 billion dollars, a positive trend that was touted…
The Fund strikes back
[ad_1] It didn’t take long for the IMF (International Monetary Fund) to red-flag the budget, did it? Just as feared in last week’s column, it still wants the government to…
One burger combo, please!
[ad_1] Finance minister Ishaq Dar has been regularly claiming two things: One, Pakistan won’t default on its external debt commitments and two, that the real value of the PKR/USD is…
Budget: Will money come as budgeted?
[ad_1] The key question from an economic perspective is not whether the budget 2023-24 is pro-poor, pro-business, pro-growth, or even an election year budget but whether it has the key…
PARTLY FACETIOUS: Consensus on election date in sight?
[ad_1] PARTLY FACETIOUS: Consensus on election date in sight? Business Recorder [ad_2] Source link
IMF deal well on track, assures Pakistan Finance Minister Dar
[ad_1] Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Saturday assured a jittery nation that the much-delayed ninth review of the USD 7 billion IMF programme was well on track, a day…