Curbs on non-essential imports SBP has taken a major step by imposing a 100pc cash margin requirement on import of as many as 404 items. Updated 13 Mar, 2017 08:24am
Are farmers sub-prime borrowers? Banks consider agricultural financing as cumbersome and small farmers as sub-prime borrowers Published 13 Feb, 2017 06:11am
Missing players of Islamic finance There is no role for the business sector, the once mega player of Islamic finance, in the whole policy package. Updated 15 Aug, 2016 08:47am
Banking shades There is a great deal of criticism of banks working in a way that has resulted in the ‘financialisation of the economy’. Updated 01 Aug, 2016 07:55am
Deep roots of rent-seeking culture Pakistan has a long history of rent seeking culture under which any initiative is hijacked by the privileged people. Published 21 Mar, 2016 06:19am
Revisiting domestic debt management strategy Recently, the government retired the SBP loans by borrowing from commercial banks. Published 08 Feb, 2016 07:12am
Credit starvation in far-off rural areas Rural bank branches allegedly mobilising savings from their locations for onward investing in urban areas. Updated 18 Jan, 2016 09:01am
SBP autonomy: theory and practice What will happen if the SBP fails to achieve the desired results despite having full autonomy? Published 21 Dec, 2015 06:52am
Need for Islamic Interbank Offered Rate It is important to create a visible difference in the working of IBs and their conventional counterparts. Published 30 Nov, 2015 06:45am
Unaddressed issues in exports The banks do not finance any start-up ventures before they have completed three years of their business life. Published 16 Nov, 2015 06:55am
District-level approach to agricultural uplift The prime minister’s kissan package is a good start towards solving the problems of the rural community. Published 02 Nov, 2015 07:05am
Some reflections on public sector reforms After the 18th amendment, a number of functions were shifted from the federation to the provinces. Published 19 Oct, 2015 06:57am
Banks’ bumper profits and shrinking outreach The ‘sunny optimism’ portrayed in the SBP’s performance reviews does not tell the whole truth about the soundness ... Published 05 Oct, 2015 06:51am
Looming pressures on rupee After every 5-6 months there is turbulence in the foreign exchange market on the pretext of a shortage of dollars. Updated 28 Sep, 2015 07:27am
Stalemate over tax on bank transactions Non-filers pay more in WHT than their capacity whereas people of bigger means can avoid payments on various pretexts. Updated 07 Sep, 2015 08:19am
Toothless, falling inflation No seller is ready to lower the price of his products when buyers argue that the rate of inflation has dropped. Published 31 Aug, 2015 06:32am
Financing for primary producers The easing of the inflationary pressure at home and abroad has favourably affected different sectors of the economy. Updated 13 Apr, 2015 08:02am
A new circular debt in the making A sum of Rs1.37trn will be raised through the sale of Market Treasury Bills of three-, six- and 12-month maturities. Updated 30 Mar, 2015 09:47am
Capital outflows It is ironic that overseas Pakistanis send billions of dollars to their homeland every year, while the elite invest Published 16 Mar, 2015 06:50am
Funding innovative ideas, entrepreneurship Under Modaraba one party combines with the skills/ideas of another person to initiate an economic enterprise. Updated 18 Feb, 2015 10:40am
