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Opinion Piece by Dr. Ghulam Mohey-ud-din

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Opinion Piece  ·  Dr. Ghulam Mohey-ud-din  ·  GCC & South Asia

2025 Newspaper Column

Smog, Emissions, Accountability and the Economics of Clean Air

Minute Mirror

Pakistan's smog crisis demands economic instruments — emissions pricing, accountability frameworks, and public health investment — not just seasonal bans.

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2025 Newspaper Column

From MoU to Reality: Why the Saudi Industrial City is Pakistan’s Biggest Test

Paradigm Shift

The Saudi-Pakistan MoU for an industrial city in Punjab promises immense economic growth, jobs, and a pivot toward investment-led diplomacy.…

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Pakistan’s Economy: The Case of Self-Inflicted Economic Crisis

Minute Mirror

Pakistan's economic crises are largely self-inflicted through policy failures and deferred reforms — a pattern that honest diagnosis must confront.

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Beyond Remittances: Towards a Balanced Partnership

Stratheia

Pakistan-GCC trade has grown eightfold since 2000, but a USD 12.4 billion structural trade deficit — fuelled overwhelmingly by energy…

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Pakistan’s Trump Card: Balancing Tariffs and Great Power Rivalry

Stratheia

Pakistan's negotiated 19 percent US tariff — far below the punitive rates imposed on others — reflects its strategic leverage…

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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…

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Street Economies — The Invisible Engine

Dawn

Pakistan's informal sector forms the beating heart of its urban economy yet remains absent from policy documents. Around 69% of…

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Crowding out development for debt: Pakistan’s fiscal dilemma

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),…

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Stability or survival? The truth behind economic optimism

Business Recorder

Pakistan's Prime Minister frames IMF engagement as economic success, but the $1 billion EFF disbursement and $1.4 billion RSF approval…

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Urbanization is not a threat to food security — unplanned growth is

Business Recorder

Punjab's Urban Atlas 2025 shows that agricultural land in Punjab actually increased from 54% to 55% of total area between…

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