Opinion Rise in industrial production The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has released the data on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) for October ... Updated 22 Dec, 2020 04:03am
Opinion Slow growth in FBR revenues The figures on tax revenues collected by FBR in the first five months of 2020-21 have been released. The overall... Published 08 Dec, 2020 02:57am
Opinion Plight of agri sector Agriculture has historically served as the backbone of Pakistan's economy. At the time of Partition, the share of... Published 01 Dec, 2020 03:05am
Markets Economy: misplaced govt optimism? There has recently been a wave of optimism on the performance of the economy. Various indicators have been used to... Updated 07 Dec, 2020 09:07pm
Markets Growth in external debt The external debt of Pakistan stands at $113.8 billion as of the end of September 2020. It has registered an ... Published 17 Nov, 2020 02:55am
Markets Budgetary outcome in 1QFY21 The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has released the results of the fiscal operations for the first quarter of 2020-21. ... Published 10 Nov, 2020 02:54am
Markets IMF projections The latest IMF projection of key macroeconomic variables of the economy of Pakistan are contained in the October ... Published 03 Nov, 2020 02:50am
Markets State of the BoP The SBP has recently released the statistics on the balance of payments for Pakistan for the first quarter of... Published 27 Oct, 2020 02:59am
Markets Conflicting signals The big changes in the movement of key macroeconomic variables following the spread since March 2020 of COVID-19 ... Published 20 Oct, 2020 02:42am
Markets Growth prospects There is considerable lack of clarity currently about the prospects for the economy of Pakistan in 2020-21. The... Published 13 Oct, 2020 02:45am
Opinion The sustainable development goals The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations are a successor to the Millennium Development Goals... Published 06 Oct, 2020 03:00am
Markets SBP's economic outlook The latest Monetary Policy Statement of the SBP was released a few days ago. The Statement is positive in nature.... Published 29 Sep, 2020 02:57am
Markets Impact of Covid-19 on South Asia The pandemic, COVID-19, hit most parts of South Asia almost seven months ago. It has had a variable impact on the... Updated 22 Sep, 2020 03:15am
Opinion Plight of Pakistan's primate city ARTICLE: Karachi is the primate city of Pakistan. In the earlier years of Pakistan's history, it also served as the... Published 15 Sep, 2020 02:27am
Markets Current economic trends ARTICLE: Six months have elapsed since COVID-19 first hit Pakistan. This is an opportune time to get, more or less, ... Published 08 Sep, 2020 03:07am
Opinion Rising pensions ARTICLE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has recently made a statement that 'the pension burden is becoming ... Published 01 Sep, 2020 02:57am
Markets Signs of recovery ARTICLE: There is a lot of optimism about the economy today. The Prime Minister has said that the economy is at the... Published 25 Aug, 2020 03:03am
Opinion Lower budget deficit in 2019-20 ARTICLE: The information on fiscal operations in 2019-20 by the federal and provincial governments was released a ... Published 18 Aug, 2020 03:13am
Opinion Understatement of the rate of inflation ARTICLE: The rate of inflation, as measured by Consumer Price Index (CPI) with the base year of 2015-16, has been... Published 11 Aug, 2020 03:08am
Opinion Economic outlook ARTICLE: The Economic Adviser's Wing (EAW) of the Ministry of Finance has published the Monthly Outlook for July... Published 04 Aug, 2020 02:47am
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees