Pakistan has decided to continue pursuing a multi-phase World Bank financing programme worth approximately $1.7 billion, aimed at broadening the tax base,

I last wrote about the Indian economy in June this year, when the impact of the Iran war was just starting to make its presence felt in the Indian economy. Since then, we have had our Q1 FY27 GDP growth numbers released and it surpassed everyone’s expectations. Broad-based growth across all sectors of the economy with consumption and fixed capital investment both growing healthily, it seemed to signal that India was doing rather well despite Trump’s tariffs on our exports.

The number of investors in the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has reached a historic high of 681,965, reflecting a significant increase in participation in

The first in a series about China’s computerworld in the 1980s.

I last wrote about Europe’s economy about five months ago and I had said that the EU needs to come to grips with the geo-economic challenges that it faces. In that piece, I had focused on the deep dependencies that Europe has developed with large powers such as the US and Russia, and perhaps also with China more recently. I think that they need to overcome these dependencies and develop strong domestic capacities, especially in light of the Mario Draghi Report on improving Europe’s competitiveness and the need for reforms.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Petroleum Division has decided to seek approval from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to introduce a uniform gas tariff across

NEW YORK: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has said strong implementation of Pakistan’s economic reform programme has

ISLAMABAD: The Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) has helped resolve a long-running taxation dispute between Allied Materials and the Federal

While Pakistan has streamlined business entry through digital incorporation, major challenges persist across the remaining...

First published in Dagens Nyheter on October 27, 1986.

First published in the Swedish business newspaper Dagens Industri, August 17, 1984

Why did countries that once stood alongside Pakistan move so far ahead while Pakistan remained trapped in recurring cycles of economic stress?

Riyadh opens discreet alcohol shop for select non-Muslim expatriates as part of economic reforms targeting global talent and investment

PUTRAJAYA, March 1 — Malaysia’s recent economic achievements, including the ringgit’s performance as one of the strongest currencies in Asia, are the result of governance...