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Asrar Raouf

Asrar Raouf is a former civil servant

Can Pakistan Survive without IMF

Pakistan’s economy is likely to contract this fiscal year and it is feared that the country may default without a further IMF bailout. Though...

IMF-Pakistan agreement: What is behind the delay?

Pakistan is facing growing economic difficulties with more pressures exerted on its economic management to find ways that may further put pressure on its...

IMF unwilling to budge

Despite fulfilling a plethora of conditionalities demanded by the IMF, there are no signs of a staff level agreement with Pakistan. However, surprisingly no...

Economic difficulties mounting

The economic cycle of Pakistan is slowly grinding to a halt. The situation is so dire that people have now stopped talking about signing...

Good and Bad News About Economy

Though the economic situation is going from bad to worse yet something encouraging has also come to fore that may augur well for its...

Pakistan’s Economic Crisis About To End?

Though the incumbent finance minister has claimed that by receiving commitment from the UAE for extending a loan of $1 billion Pakistan has come...

The new economic realities of Pakistan

The chances of an economic sustenance were further deepened when it was reported that the trade account of Pakistan recorded a deficit of $23...

Persistent Economic Impediments

It is typical of Pakistan that despite loud cries of the country defaulting, the actual default failed to materialise. No one can justify either...

No End in Sight for Worsening Economic Crisis

It appears that the economic crisis gripping Pakistan is not going to end. In wake of the current political and economic instability it is...

Economic Recovery Miles Away

In a fit of anger that betrayed immense frustration the incumbent finance minister brushed aside the insinuations that the delay caused in finalisation of...

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