2nd phase of CPFTA comes into effect on 1 Dec
Exclusive by Zafar Hussain in Beijing 2 December 2019: The second phase of China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement (CPFTA) has come into effect, allowing Pakistani manufacturers and traders to export 300+ new products...
List of top 100 exporters of Pakistan in 2019
Who are the biggest exporters from Pakistan in 2019? Check this exporters list from Pakistan and their exports worth in USD in a downloadable format. Nishat Mills Limited Style Textile (Private) Ltd Artistic...
Faisalabad world’s 3rd dirtiest city; Lahore 10th
In a 2018 report of world cities with dirty air released today, Faisalabad was ranked as the world’s third dirtiest city. Lahore was ranked 10th. Top seven cities with dirtiest air came from from India. The...
Lahore tops world ranking for worst air quality
Wali Zahid | IMC Lahore tops the world ranking for worst air quality today, according to AirVisual, the real-time air quality map. The top ten worst ranked cities include three Indian cities – Delhi, Kolkata...
Pakistan GDP grows to 13-year-high 5.8% in 2018: SBP
Pakistan’s economy grew by 5.8% in 2018, the highest in 13 years. Last year, the GDP growth was recorded at 5.4%, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) annual report released yesterday. Graphic,...
Pakistan ranks worst in South Asia in Global Hunger Index
Above: Global Hunger Index (GHI) scores by rank, 2000 GHI, 2005 GHI, 2010 GHI, and 2018 GHI Pakistan has ranked 14th worst among 119 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2018. With 20.5 percent of its...
Pakistan now among top 40 global economies
Pakistan is among the world’s largest economies by Gross Domestic Product, GDP numbers from the World Bank, released on 21 September 2018 reveal. The above visualisation of world economy is done by HowMuch. IMF...
IMF, World Bank, ADB, UN see Pakistan GDP growth falling below 3%
Wali Zahid | IMC 18 January 2020 update: In its World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2020 report, the UN forecasts Pakistan’s GDP growth to slip to 2.1% this year (fiscal 2020-21). Indian economy is...
Pakistan is world’s 4th fastest growing economy: HSBC
Wali Zahid | IMC Pakistan is the world’s fourth fastest growing economy after Bangladesh, Ethiopia and India, according to the 2018 global research report by HSBC. Titled ‘The World in 2030‘, and...
Pakistan tops gender inequality ranking in Asia Pacific
Wali Zahid | IMC In a 2018 McKinsey report, Pakistan tops gender inequality ranking in Asia Pacific in 2018. Image above. In work inequality (labour force participation, professional and technical jobs, perceived...
Pakistan exports at a glance 2013-18
What Pakistan exported in 2016. Worth $27.8 billion. Top 3: ICT, House linen, rice | Source: Harvard CID Atlas Wali Zahid | IMC Center for International Development at Harvard University (CID) is a good resource in...
What is in for Pakistan and India in SCO Qingdao Summit?
Wali Zahid | IMC Various versions of this article appeared in The News International, Pakistan’s largest-selling daily (Op-Ed part 1, part 2), China Pictorial, China-India Dialogue (in English and Chinese)...
Decay and erosion as currency: Messed-up Pakistan Series 5
On this blog and on my social media platforms, I take pride in publishing posts about infrastructure and development projects happening in all parts of the country. A couple of years ago, on a post about...
Pakistan exports: 3 years in 3 photos
What Pakistan exported in 2016. Worth $21 billion. The World Bank Group today held a round table on achieving export competitiveness for Pakistan at Lahore PC. I was one of the delegates. The event was organised by...
Pakistan after BRICS declaration
Wali Zahid The recent BRICS Summit of five emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – in Xiamen, China, stirred quite a debate in Pakistan and India. Unlike previous BRICS...
Pakistanis to get Qatar visa on arrival
4 May 2018 update: Visa on arrival info by Qatar Airways here. Pakistani nationals will now be able to get a Qatar visa on arrival for up to 30 days. With this, Pakistan becomes 81st nationality to be included in a...
Nawaz Sharif takes his case to masses
Exactly a month ago on 13 July, Panama JIT presented its report to Supreme Court, on which basis the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was to be dismissed a fortnight later. There was speculation at the time that Nawaz...
Pakistan is now a trillion-dollar market
Wali Zahid BREAKING: Pakistan joins trillion-dollar economies club as its gross domestic product (GDP) based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) just crossed $1 trillion. By PPP ranking, Pakistan is now 25th largest...
Harvard predicts Pakistan GDP to grow by 6% over 10 years
Wali Zahid EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan’s predicted annual growth rate over the next 10 years is nearly 6 percent, according to the revised growth projections presented by researchers at the Center for International...
Pakistan’s economic future in 11 photos
How does Pakistan🇵🇰’s economic trajectory appear in years 2017, 2020, 2025, 2030 and 2050? In this exclusive piece, I take a look at 2050 first, then run it backwards to this year for you. Enjoy the ride....