Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Dr Pervez Tahir

The writer is a political economist with a PhD from Cambridge. He served as the Chief Economist at the Planning Commission of the Government of Pakistan. He is presently a columnist at Express Tribune.

To Fix The Economy, Pakistan Must Learn To Save And Invest

This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here. The Achilles heel of Pakistan’s economy is the failure to institute stable and sustained economic growth. There is a mad rush to growth for a...

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Aurat March Organisers Move...

The Aurat March's organising committee on Saturday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court, challenging the administration's ban...

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Rahamutlah Mirbahar, a young IT expert from one of the most underprivileged areas of Sindh, Thatta, has surprised social...

1 Protestor Killed In...

While law enforcers showed restraint in Lahore and other parts of the country when the protesters stormed military residences,...

75-Year-Old Ahmadi Man Shot...

A 75-year-old Ahmadi man, identified as Rasheed Ahmad, was shot dead on Sunday in Goteriala, Gujrat. The incident comes...

Journalist Covering PTI Protest...

A journalist working for international media has said he was beaten up and abducted by security agencies who held...

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Clashing tribes in the restive Kurram district of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province finally signed a peace agreement on Wednesday to...

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