pakistan economy

News Desk Islamabad: A westerly wind that had previously affected North Balochistan will engulf the higher parts of the country on Friday night and deliver light to moderate rain with snowfall over the hills in various parts of the…

Pictorial Editorial Shazia Mehboob: The young man in this picture is Saifur Rehman, a 2nd-year student at a technical institute in Haripur, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The youth had a dream to become a software engineer but the inability of his…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad:  It is not an uncommon sight seeing people stand in long queues to get flour. The staple food of the nation is out of reach for millions who live below the poverty line. The queues are at Java Chowk in…

Mohammed Ajeeb London: A very dear friend of mine asked me if I would write a short article sketching the economic and political challenges for Pakistan in the year 2023 and the directions the country may choose to travel to achieve its…

Ishtiaq Ahmed London: We are about to say goodbye to 2022 and a warm welcome to 2023, in hope and in trepidation. 2022 has been perhaps the most tumultuous year for both countries of my residence – Pakistan my country of birth and…

News Desk Islamabad: “Effective security is essential to protect the expanding maritime economic activities in Pakistan, the region and beyond. Pakistan, therefore, needs proactive diplomacy, well-considered economic policies and risk…

Islamabad: Based on the optimistic and pessimistic scenarios, the combined risks from the escalation of climate change and environmental degradation will ultimately worsen Pakistan’s economic fragility and might cut annual Gross Domestic…

Asem Mustafa Awan Pakistan and the European Union (EU) have decided to resume talks on matters related to anti-terrorism from next year after lapse of five years. The officials of both sides would discuss migration and other related…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Islamabad: The attempted assassination attack on Imran Khan on November 3 in Wazirabad, Punjab, was rightly described by President Arif Alvi as a "heinous assassination attempt". It was also good to hear the current…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: The PenPK.com has learnt from the information obtained by Boota Imtiaz Masih from the Cabinet Davison under the RTI Act section 19 –A that the federal government spent an estimated Rs27.5 million on foreign…