you need foreign currency to build up reserves. There are only few ways of doing it:
1. Increase net exports
2. Increase foreign investment
3. Increase remittances
4. Get grants or CSF type arrangement
when all of the above is not enough (or cannot be achieved) then the only option left is to...
true that! each route has its pro-cons. Choosing one particular route over the other has strong distributional consequences but they do not significantly effect overall economic growth atleast during the short to medium term. As long as it doesnt get too bad, hopefully, things should not fall apart.
The transformation which the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will bring forth may be exaggerated but it surely has expanded the national discourse by introducing elements of economic development to it. Before I proceed, two general points must be made. First, hypothetically speaking...
For the love of PTI
IRFAN HAIDER — UPDATED OCT 23, 2014 06:56AM
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ISLAMABAD: While the ongoing sit-in of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is thinning out by the day, DJ Asif Butt is as enthused as ever, even refusing to charge PTI for his services.
Butt’s talent...
Dr Jan Baz’s arrest panics his colleagues
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PESHAWAR: The arrest of Dr Jan Baz Afridi, a former polio officer, by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission on charges of corruption has sent chill down the spines of those...
PESHAWAR: The arrest of Dr Jan Baz Afridi, a former polio officer, by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission on charges of corruption has sent chill down the spines of those who held important positions in health department during the previous government, sources said.
They said that the...
why doesnt PMLN show PTI how to make institutions? Since PMLN has decades of experience, it will be worthwhile to follow their lead once they start building institutions.
Pass some reforms to strengthen NAB CCP SECP SBP Police and other government bodies.
KPK elections were so bad that Imran Khan had to offer re-elections... wat a logic
but interestingly those complaining are not interested in a re-elections. what does this say about above logic? that the elections were not as bad after all?
people should have some guts to appreciate IK's...
PTI won 36% of the contested seats in GE13 not 45%. PTI got additional 10 seats on reserve for women
see the ECP data: http://ecp.gov.pk/overallpartypositionPA.pdf
woww all the criminals speaking up
i didnt know there is a law in our country which treats political people different from the common man?
so this is bad example. What then is the good example? like our NAB? which frees all the corrupt political elite?
oh and Rana Sanaullah has something to...
PTI MPA's father arrested for corrupt land dealings
Additional Secretary Finance arrested for misappropriations
Ex-PPP minister arrested for dodgy dealings as being a revenue minister
University Professor arrested for buying government land at manipulated price
ANP leader arrested for alleged...