Haris Zamir

Business Editor

Experience of almost 33 years where started the journey of financial journalism from Business Recorder in 1992. From 2006 onwards attached with Television Media worked at Sun Tv, Dawn Tv, Geo Tv and Dunya Tv. During the period also worked as a stringer for Bloomberg for seven years and Dow Jones for five years. Also wrote articles for several highly acclaimed periodicals like the Newsline, Pakistan Gulf Economist and Money Matters (The News publications)

Fields of Expertise

Business

Education

Karachi University

Past Organizations

Sun TV, Dawn News, Geo News, and Dunya News.

Haris Zamir

Fields of Expertise

Education

Past Organizations

IMF warns corruption, weak oversight curb Pakistan’s growth

Report says governance and anti-corruption reforms could lift country’s GDP by up to 6.5%

Pakistan’s power generation drops 3.7% in October as grid demand weakens

Output falls sharply from September and stays below NEPRA forecasts, with rising distributed solar and seasonal demand shaping the decline

Pakistan’s foreign direct investment drops 26% in four months of FY26

Total foreign investment plunges 82% to $209 million as weak inflows and rising outflows underscore lingering investor uncertainty

The economic cost of the stalled Pak-Afghan trade

Despite several rounds of talks mediated by Turkey and Qatar, no breakthrough has been reached to reopen key border crossings

Pakistan posts PKR 2.1 trillion budget surplus in FY26's first quarter

Higher non-tax revenues, including central bank profits, drive surplus equal to 1.6% of GDP, though analysts warn sustainability remains uncertain

IMF Executive Board to discuss Pakistan reviews on Dec 8

Once the reviews are approved, Pakistan will receive $1 billion under the EFF and $200 million under the RSF