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Despite inflation ranging from 0.3% to 6.2% throughout 2025, Pakistan maintains an elevated policy rate of 11%, resulting in an 8.5%, 12-month average positive real interest rate.

This monetary stance constrains business financing, squeezes profit margins, and limits consumer…

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 ➔ Our Vision

Economic Policy and Business Development’s vision is to provide strategic advice and thought leadership to policy makers in shaping a dynamic, inclusive and forward looking economic policy ecosystem that unleashes the full potential of private enterprise, drives sustainable GDP growth and ensures equitable prosperity throughout the economy.

 ➔ Our Mission

  • Advocacy for evidence-based, market-friendly economic policies that catalyze industrial growth, job creation, and export competitiveness.
  • Champion private sector-led development by identifying and promoting reforms that incentivize innovation, investment, and fair competition.
  • Foster informed dialogue between policymakers and business leaders to align national economic priorities with global opportunities.
  • Promote inclusive growth by ensuring that policy outcomes support social mobility, reduce inequality, and enable Pakistan’s youth to thrive in a modern, industrial economy.

EPBD team comprises distinguished business leaders, prominent economists, esteemed academics, and experienced policy experts from across Pakistan.

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    Steel and Steam Reforming Pakistan’s Industrial Giants

    Avatar photoMahwish Khan. 2 min read

    BLOGS Steel and Steam Reforming Pakistan’s Industrial Giants Muhammad Mubasil August 6, 2025 Steel and Steam: Reforming Pakistan’s Industrial Giants Pakistan’s two towering public sector enterprises – Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) and Pakistan Railways – reflect decades of missed opportunities,...

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