SBP: Challenges before New Governor
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), like central banks of other countries, plays an important role in determination…
FATF’s appraisal of technical compliance
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori For Pakistan, the outcome of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) meeting, held in Berlin on…
Pakistan—the future image
Huzaima Bukhari “With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve”—Muhammad Ali Jinnah Agreed that Pakistan today is…
Independence Day reflections
Huzaima Bukhari & Dr. Ikramul Haq “Small nations have always struggled against more powerful ones for their freedom. The whole history of mankind is a…
Pakistan at 75
Governance sans justice Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Rule of law, transparency, accountability and fair treatment to all citizens are considered…
Averting default, inviting stagflation
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori “There were serious worries about Pakistan heading the way of Sri Lanka and getting into a “default-like situation,”…
To cry or not to cry
Huzaima Bukhari “We don’t train boys to have vocabulary around their emotions beyond anger”—Fredric Rabinowitz The last couple of centuries have witnessed a plethora of…
Meeting the challenge of rising inflation
Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan will not risk creating economic recession for the sake of achieving inflation-adjusted positive interest rate, soothing market’s…
Pakistan & FATF: next steps
Huzaima Bukhari, Dr. Ikramul Haq & Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan was placed on the list of Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring in 2018 by the Financial…