Author Name : Shahid Anwar
Practical reforms to stabilize LPG prices and supply
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has taken a timely step by forming an eight-member ministerial committee to review the proposed LPG policy changes. Families are currently paying Rs 6,000 to Rs. 7,200 for an 11.57 kg cylinder in the open market, while the official rate notified by OGRA was Rs 3,296 in October and has risen to around Rs 3,470 for November. With winter approaching, this gap is already hitting households hard, especially in colder and remote areas (OGRA notifications).
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Upcoming IMF review Pakistan can no longer delay SOE reform
Pakistan’s state-owned enterprise (SOE) problem is no longer a question of diagnosis. It is a question of economic cost. For years, governments have identified loss-making enterprises, announced restructuring plans and considered privatization. Yet the financial burden has remained. In FY2025, 25 loss-making SOEs recorded combined losses of Rs832.8 billion.
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Pakistan has beaten poverty before. It can do it again
Pakistan has already shown that poverty can be cut by more than half. Between 2005–06 and 2018–19, the national poverty rate fell from 50.4% to 21.9%. Yet, by 2024–25, it had climbed back to 28.9%. Why did we succeed before, what went wrong, and what must the government do to repeat that success?
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Pakistan Achieved Economic Stability. Now Government Must Deliver Growth
Pakistan’s economy is in a considerably better position than it was a few years ago. The country has moved away from acute external pressure and macroeconomic instability, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his economic team deserve recognition for maintaining fiscal discipline, rebuilding reserves and keeping the economy on a path of stabilization.
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The Next NFC Debate
Pakistan has spent years debating how national tax revenues should be divided between the federation and the provinces. But perhaps we have been asking the wrong question. The real issue is not who gets a larger share under the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award.
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