Pakistan's Economy
Budgets, debt, exports, manufacturing — and the people who actually move the numbers.
44 episodes
Pakistan's urban middle class is subsidised by the farmer
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Pakistan is exporting water, not rice
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Pakistan needs 5.5 gigawatts of AI compute in 10 years
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Pakistan can build sovereign AI without a Saudi chequebook
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The Netflix subscription that would crash Pakistan
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Pakistan's data centers are not drinking your water
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Why filing taxes actually helps your wealth grow
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45:18 The illusion of Islamic finance, and a $2M CEO
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Pakistan's tax system squeezes the middle class while the rich optimize
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30:30 The Rs. 415 petrol price is not an international problem
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21:29 The 200-unit subsidy is ending. Blame the IPPs, not the poor.
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27:18 Pakistan's real estate pump is coming, and it's engineered
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41:23 A country is energy, labor, intelligence, and raw material
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Pakistan's stablecoin gambit shifts the dollar's reach
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The three dimensions every founder must test before building
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The four skills Pakistan's youth must build
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Why Pakistanis struggle to compete for global jobs
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Pakistan's natural share is 35 billion dollars a year
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When Imran Khan's podcast became a pivot point
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Why China needed the corridor more than Pakistan
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Trump's tariffs could reshape Pakistan's export economy
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0:39:43 Pakistan's old system is collapsing, and that is the opening
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49:00 Pakistan cheers get-rich-quick schemes and doubts real builders
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Inflation fell, but the foundations remain fragile
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30:26 Low sentiment is the time to buy Pakistani property, if you value it first
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21:49 Pakistan's property crash makes room for real estate that earns rent
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26:18 Pakistan's next rising class will earn in dollars
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20:48 Pakistan leaves 1.2 million young people without work every year
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13:58 Dubai's visa freeze on Pakistanis is about overstays, and he expects it to lift after October
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39:46 Pakistan should treat its emigrants as human capital exports
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38:00 Pakistan's 2024 budget feeds the debt and squeezes those who already pay
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31:39 Pakistan rarely puts an economist in charge of its budget
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0:30:47 Pakistan's IT exports are capped by a shortage of engineers
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1:01:13 Startups are a symptom, not Pakistan's solution
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1:04:47 Why Muzamil thinks Pakistan is heading for an Indonesia 1998 moment
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32:48 Electric cars could break Pakistan's electricity death spiral
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29:30 Why Balochistan becomes unavoidable within five years
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36:32 Cash burns. Buildings and stocks don't.
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39:24 Expensive electricity is holding back Pakistan's whole economy
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32:56 Pakistan's rupee is only as strong as what Pakistan produces
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32:55 Pakistan needs policies that pinch now and pay off later
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49:08 A government without a mandate cannot fix Pakistan's economy
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46:30 PMLN's 2024 manifesto is the most detailed of the three, and its power plan is the weakest part
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44:47 PTI's manifesto reads like a new constitution in waiting
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