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Ammar H Khan

Ammar H Khan

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WHY PAKISTAN SAVES IN PLOTS

As families pour their savings and remittances into plots, a weak mortgage system, under-valued transactions and a cash-heavy economy are turning...

04.10.2026 70

Dawn (Magazines)

Ammar H Khan

WHY CASH REFUSES TO DIE IN PAKISTAN

Pakistan’s digital payments revolution is real, but so is the country’s stubborn dependence on cash. As money increasingly enters

16.08.2026 90

Dawn (Magazines)

Ammar H Khan

Spray and pray is not an export strategy

Firms are 80pc more likely to qualify for support on traditional products than on new ones.

20.07.2026 40

Dawn Business

Ammar H Khan

THE ECONOMICS OF PAKISTAN’S EIDUL AZHA

Every Eidul Azha, millions of Pakistanis participate in a decentralised economic event larger than half the federal development budget.

24.05.2026 100

Dawn (Magazines)

Ammar H Khan

FINDING A FUEL WE CAN AFFORD

The numbers tell us that a cheaper, cleaner future is within reach, if the state chooses to act before the next hit.

12.04.2026 100

Dawn (Magazines)

Ammar H Khan

A case for a baby bond structured not as welfare, but as domestic long-tenor capital endowment

A financial account at birth could not only keep children from poverty, but also lead to the emergence of a domestic long-duration investor base.

02.03.2026 80

Dawn Business

Ammar H Khan

CONTAINING THE PRICE SPIKE OF RAMAZAN

After death and taxes, the biggest certainty in Pakistan is the annual spike in the price of basic commodities, especially fruits,

01.03.2026 90

Dawn (Magazines)

Ammar H Khan

WHY ARE MULTINATIONALS EXITING PAKISTAN?

Is this the global economic environment at play or does this reflect deep fractures in the country’s economic and regulatory framework?

19.10.2025 50

Dawn (Magazines)

Ammar H Khan

Massive taxes and the NFC conundrum

Pakistan has a fiscal problem, and the problem cannot be fixed by increasing tax rates. We have reached the point of the cycle where increasing tax...

23.09.2025 100

Dawn Business

Ammar H Khan