Pakistan

Posing upside risk on our end-FY2011/12 (July-June) consumer price inflation (CPI) forecast of 9.0%, the headline rate ticked up to 11.3% y-o-y in April, up from 10.8% in the previous... 2012-05-03

After declaring its intention to push the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-led coalition government into a corner, the main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) appears... 2012-05-03

The withdrawal of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's (ICBC) bid as a leading financier for Pakistan's part of the Iran-Pakistan (IP) pipeline will decisively delay the... 2012-03-27

Headline consumer price inflation (CPI) ticked up for the second straight month in January to 11.0% y-o-y, from 10.1% in the preceding month, posing upside risk on our end-FY2011/12... 2012-03-27

A flurry of declarations has followed a meeting between Pakistani President Asif Zardari and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with the two countries highlighting their mutual... 2012-03-02

Pakistan recorded a slightly wider goods trade deficit in January, with the balance inching up to US$1.3bn from US$1.2bn in the previous month. On a year-on-year basis, the country's... 2012-03-01

Headline consumer price inflation (CPI) came in at 10.1% y-o-y in January, up slightly from 9.7% in the previous month. Similarly, wholesale price inflation edged higher to 8.7% y-o-y,... 2012-02-03

According to a report by the Free and Fair Election Network, the 38th or second to last sitting of the National Assembly in its fourth parliamentary year only lasted six days, from... 2012-02-03

BMI View: India is increasing its involvement in Afghanistan in preparation for the departure of most foreign combat troops at the end of 2014. New Delhi's main interest is to undermine... 2012-01-31

Pakistan's trade deficit narrowed in November to US$1.1bn from US$1.2bn in the previous month. Export growth edged lower to -0.2% y-o-y (from 9.1%), with earnings coming in at US$1.9bn,... 2012-01-03