Pakistan would benefit if the international community recognised the importance of balanced bilateral trade to promote global and regional cooperation.
Gas allocation policy, driven by political priorities, results in deadweight loss, rising circular debt, and inefficient use of valuable natural resources.
Efforts with Uraan Pakistan may prove futile given the lack of progress on key structural reforms, slow foreign inflows, and increasing militancy and political instability.
Pakistan has a lot to gain from carbon credit trading if it can overcome its severe lack of baseline data, technical resources and expensive technology.