Newspaper Column
2025
Balancing Recovery and Price Stability
Dawn
Pakistan's economy is at a critical crossroads between growth revival and resurgent inflation. The SBP's aggressive monetary easing helped revive credit and…
Op-eds, newspaper columns, keynotes, conference contributions, and thought leadership on economic policy, governance, and development across Pakistan, the GCC, and South Asia.
This archive collects Dr. Mohey-ud-din's published op-eds, newspaper columns, policy commentary, and keynote addresses on spatial economics, Pakistan's macroeconomic reform agenda, GCC industrial development, and Vision 2030 strategy. Contributions span outlets including Dawn, Business Recorder, The Friday Times, Stratheia, and Pakistan Today, as well as academic conferences and think tank forums.
Dawn
Pakistan's economy is at a critical crossroads between growth revival and resurgent inflation. The SBP's aggressive monetary easing helped revive credit and…
Dawn
Pakistan's informal sector forms the beating heart of its urban economy yet remains absent from policy documents. Around 69% of urban workers…
Business Recorder
Pakistan's federal budget has grown sevenfold since 2009–10, yet 46.7% will go toward debt servicing in 2025–26 (PKR 8.21 trillion), leaving development…
Business Recorder
Pakistan's Prime Minister frames IMF engagement as economic success, but the $1 billion EFF disbursement and $1.4 billion RSF approval come with…
Business Recorder
Punjab's Urban Atlas 2025 shows that agricultural land in Punjab actually increased from 54% to 55% of total area between 1995–2023, even…
Business Recorder
Pakistan's IPP crisis is rooted in dollar-indexed Power Purchase Agreements that have produced circular debt exceeding Rs 5 trillion. Drawing on South…
Dawn
Pakistan's economy has long been trapped in a cycle of financial instability, characterised by rising debt and chronic reliance on rollovers from…
Business Recorder
Pakistan's informal sector employs 72.5% of non-agricultural workers, yet absent documentation and overregulation trap businesses outside formal channels. The article advocates a…
Pakistan Today
Despite the July 2023 IMF Stand-By Arrangement, Pakistan's structural economic crisis persists. Dr. Mohey-ud-din presents a data-anchored case for fundamental transformation: tax-to-GDP…
Business Recorder
Digital payment systems offer Pakistan a concrete mechanism to curb its undocumented economy. Rising smartphone penetration, 3G/4G connectivity, and e-commerce growth are…
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