Stories by Nasir Jamal
The strategic objective is to become a builder, adapter and exporter of tech solutions.
Published 28 Sep, 2026 06:29am
Opaque savings from austerity measures and subsidy design flaws fall short of reforms needed.
Updated 21 Sep, 2026 07:45am
Setting up a system for recycling panels will yield a huge mine of critical minerals that can turn into a circular economy.
Updated 14 Sep, 2026 07:56am
Pakistan should push for proposals on trade, connectivity, tech and access to Central Asian markets
Published 07 Sep, 2026 04:30am
Increasing seed productivity requires new genetic material and certification to protect existing varieties.
Updated 31 Aug, 2026 08:40am
Despite the credit-rating progress the country has made, prolonged high US rates will keep borrowing costs elevated.
Updated 24 Aug, 2026 08:00am
“Now is the time to move into the next phase, and build infrastructure, skills, finance and institutional capacity needed to turn a promising IT sector into a major export industry,” says former P@sha chairman.
Updated 17 Aug, 2026 08:23am
The objective should not be protection for its own sake nor liberalisation for ideological reasons.
Updated 10 Aug, 2026 07:56am
Investors demand longer tariffs, regulatory certainty, buying freedom.
Published 06 Aug, 2026 07:38am
Global institutions have already stopped treating the Iran war as a regional story.
Updated 03 Aug, 2026 07:16am
China’s push for a more inclusive global AI order offers us opportunities.
Updated 27 Jul, 2026 11:21am
Reducing tariffs on imported cars has fundamentally altered the economics of local vehicle assembly.
Published 20 Jul, 2026 10:49am
Monetary policy can no longer be based solely on domestic inflation and employment indicators
Published 13 Jul, 2026 06:58am
Manufacturers will build what people are willing to buy, and people are willing to buy what doesn’t feel like a financial sacrific
Published 06 Jul, 2026 07:00am
Beijing’s experience demonstrates how emerging capabilities move from policy signal to pilot project to large-scale industrial
Published 29 Jun, 2026 08:07am
Punjab Innovation for Value, Opportunity and Transformation adds roughly 100 basis points to province’s three-year average GDP growth, lifting overall provincial growth with industry seeing the largest relative boost.
Published 22 Jun, 2026 07:03am
With FBR’s collection growth target resting heavily on untested institutional mechanisms at scale, the margin of error is very
Published 15 Jun, 2026 05:58am
For a government that spent its first two years ‘firefighting’, this is the first budget that makes political choices.
Published 13 Jun, 2026 05:22am
NFC shares may be frozen under budget pressure; critics say Centre ignores revenues kept outside divisible pool.
Updated 10 Jun, 2026 07:34am
The OICCI notes that the corporate sector, representing only 6pc of GDP, accounts for nearly 60-70pc of direct tax revenues, while retailers remain under taxed.
Updated 08 Jun, 2026 09:39am
