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Ammar H Khan

Ammar H Khan

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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 20

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 30

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 10

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 40

Dawn Business

Ammar H Khan

Pakistan must pivot from supply-centric mindset to demand-led decentralised power policy

PAKISTAN’S electricity sector stands at a critical inflection point. While the country has amassed more than enough generation capacity to meet its...

29.07.2025 20

Dawn Business

Ammar H Khan

Converting surplus MWs into jobs

Availability of surplus power in the country, often a source of fiscal constraints, can become the cornerstone of a new industrial policy aimed at...

11.06.2025 20

Dawn Business

Ammar H Khan

Unfairly burdening compliant consumers

Minority Report was a Hollywood thriller ahead of its time, in which a crime was stopped before it could be committed. In a similar spirit, the...

03.06.2025 10

Dawn Business

Ammar H Khan

Net-metering saga: Much ado about the 0.83 per cent

The revised net-metering regulations simply suggest that any surplus electricity sold by such net-metered connections will be bought by the grid at a...

24.03.2025 9

Dawn Prism

Ammar H Khan

Reko Diq mine to generate $74bn in free cash flow over 37 years, says Barrick Gold CEO

Mark Bristow, President and CEO of Barrick Gold The global demand for copper is expected to surge on the back of the electrification of mobility,...

21.01.2025 60

Dawn Business

Ammar H Khan