Pakistan closed out July 2026 with two of its strongest economic signals in years — even as the underlying trade...
Islamabad’s macro dashboard is, on paper, the healthiest it has been in years. Real GDP expanded 3.7% in FY2025–26, foreign exchange reserves have strengthened, the current...
Pakistan’s economic narrative in 2026 has largely been one of hard-won stabilization: an IMF program broadly on track, friendly-country financing rolling over on schedule, and a...
By the official scorecard, Pakistan’s economy had a good year. The Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 reports real GDP growth of 3.7%, easing inflation, improved foreign exchange...
Pakistan is running two demanding reform programs at once, and they don’t obviously fit together. On one track, the IMF is pressing for stricter fiscal controls,...
The IMF’s Executive Board completed Pakistan’s third review of its 37-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and second review of its Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) on...
Pakistan’s finance minister spent the week of July 20 in Washington doing something Islamabad has rarely been able to do from a position of relative strength:...
A punishing monsoon season has killed more than 100 people across Pakistan since late June and is now colliding with the country’s fragile post-IMF recovery, pushing...
Gulf investors pulled over $1 billion from Pakistan’s bonds and equities in FY26. Here’s why the Gulf peace deal matters more than headlines suggest. Pakistan’s economic...
Introduction For the first time in the country’s history, money sent home by Pakistan’s overseas workers has exceeded the value of everything Pakistan actually sells abroad....