Pakistan

While President Pervez Musharraf's departure on Monday has brought partial relief to the stock market and the rupee, less chirpy dynamics have been evident in the Pakistani debt markets... 2008-08-20

BMI View: President Musharraf's announced resignation should go some way towards easing the political impasse that has hobbled the fledgling government since coming to power in March.... 2008-08-18

It has been a dismal week indeed for the rupee, with a new record low of PKR76.90/US$ set today, translating into a weekly slide of 6.3%. News that President Pervez Musharraf is ready... 2008-08-15

Inflationary pressures remain unrelenting in Pakistan, as evidenced by today's release of data for July. The consumer price index (CPI) ticked up to a three-decade high of 24.3% y-o-y... 2008-08-12

Asia seems set to feel the pain of high inflation, a weaker external environment, and political uncertainty for some months to come, even if commodity prices head lower. As such,... 2008-08-08

This week could prove cathartic for the four-month old coalition government, as it tries to thrash out a plan over how to deal with outstanding - and for its survival arguably pivotal... 2008-08-06

Our bearish view on Pakistani stocks continues to play out, with the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE)-100 index failing to find reliable support. In tune with our expectations, the index... 2008-08-04