CSP WEEKLY UPDATES (July 12-18, 2025)

Ø  SBP Weekly Data Report
http://www.sbp.org.pk/ecodata/index2.asp

Ø  Six pillars of supply-side economics

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2555760/six-pillars-of-supply-side-economics

Ø  IMF official praises Pakistan’s ‘strong’ progress under EFF programme

https://www.geo.tv/latest/613829-imf-official-praises-pakistans-strong-progress-under-eff-programme

Ø  Saving the economy

https://www.geo.tv/latest/614406-saving-the-economy

Ø  Finance Act 2025: businesses bear brunt of tax reforms

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2555761/finance-act-2025-businesses-bear-brunt-of-tax-reforms

Ø  New tariff policy – have we liberalised enough?

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2555759/new-tariff-policy-have-we-liberalised-enough

Ø  Can the future be debtless?

https://www.dawn.com/news/1924051/can-the-future-be-debtless

Ø  ADB urges uniform 5pc GST to spur digital economy

https://www.dawn.com/news/1924498/adb-urges-uniform-5pc-gst-to-spur-digital-economy

Ø  An industrial policy for economic stability

https://www.dawn.com/news/1924060/an-industrial-policy-for-economic-stability

Ø  Dollar shortage deepens despite C/A surplus, record remittances

https://www.dawn.com/news/1924853/dollar-shortage-deepens-despite-ca-surplus-record-remittances

Ø  Profits without productivity and job creation

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2555758/profits-without-productivity-and-job-creation

Ø  In defence of the informal economy

https://www.dawn.com/news/1924927/in-defence-of-the-informal-economy

Ø  Pakistan, El Salvador sign ‘letter of intent’ on Bitcoin cooperation

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2556433/pakistan-el-salvador-sign-letter-of-intent-on-bitcoin-cooperation

Ø  Moody’s questions missed tax target

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2556163/moodys-questions-missed-tax-target

Ø  Lending to govt hits record high

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2556168/lending-to-govt-hits-record-high

Ø  Govt signs fresh sugar export deal

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2556331/govt-signs-fresh-sugar-export-deal

Ø  A bid for consistency in policymaking

https://www.dawn.com/news/1924050/a-bid-for-consistency-in-policymaking

Ø  It is not about the tax-to-GDP ratio

https://www.dawn.com/news/1924049/it-is-not-about-the-tax-to-gdp-ratio

Ø  Oil jumps $1 after further drone attacks on Iraq oil fields

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-jumps-1-after-further-drone-attacks-iraq-oil-fields-2025-07-17/

Ø  New authority established to oversee agri-trade infrastructure

https://www.dawn.com/news/1923874/new-authority-established-to-oversee-agri-trade-infrastructure

Ø  Agriculture: Climate crisis and the death of bananas

https://www.dawn.com/news/1924046/agriculture-climate-crisis-and-the-death-of-bananas

Ø  Why is Europe facing record-breaking heatwaves?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/16/why-is-europe-facing-record-breaking-heatwaves

Ø  Climate hypocrisy

https://www.geo.tv/latest/613648-climate-hypocrisy

Ø  The IWT threat

https://www.geo.tv/latest/613896-the-iwt-threat

Ø  Telemetry 2.0: a watershed in era of climate calamities?

https://www.dawn.com/news/1924889/telemetry-20-a-watershed-in-era-of-climate-calamities

Ø  Climate governance hurdles

https://www.dawn.com/news/1924714

Ø  Trump administration says it won’t publish major climate change reports on NASA website as promised

https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-nasa-reports-trump-hidden-doc-1ade1eb89bb4785f7cdd6e1d6ba31a21

Ø  It’s Paradise Lost as Climate Change Remakes Europe’s Summers

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/world/europe/spain-italy-greece-heat.html

Ø  Climate change is a by-product of progress, not an existential crisis, says Trump’s energy czar

https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2025/07/14/climate-change-is-a-by-product-of-progress-not-an-existential-crisis-says-trumps-energy-czar

Ø  Why is Pakistan so vulnerable to deadly flooding?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/17/why-is-pakistan-so-vulnerable-to-deadly-flooding

Ø  Resilience, Environment and Climate Change

https://www.undp.org/pakistan/our-focus/environment-and-climate-change

Ø  Pakistan’s Scorching Summer: A Nation on the Frontlines of Climate Breakdown

https://www.nation.com.pk/17-Jul-2025/pakistan-s-scorching-summer-a-nation-on-the-frontlines-of-climate-breakdown

Ø  Marine pollution threatens blue economy

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2556519/marine-pollution-threatens-blue-economy

Ø  Punjab buckles under deluge

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2556525/punjab-buckles-under-deluge

Ø  Govt plans to build Chenab dam amid IWT row

https://tribune.com.pk/story/2556527/govt-plans-to-build-chenab-dam-amid-iwt-row

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