2024-10-29-01-11
The collapse of communism diverted the world economies to a liberalization regime, where economic freedom and...
Published 29 Oct, 2024 03:27am
2024-10-29-12-47
“It’s no laughing matter.”
“If you are brought up on the concept of namak halali (which can be translated ...
Published 29 Oct, 2024 03:27am
2024-10-28-02-47
Conflict has a vastly different impact on different economies based on how insulated it may be (either voluntarily ...
Updated 28 Oct, 2024 08:31am
2024-10-28-02-47
One of the more short-sighted fiscal measures recently introduced is the higher tax on banking income from ...
Updated 28 Oct, 2024 08:35am
2024-10-28-02-47
“Elimination of captive power from the gas sector” has been committed to the IMF as a structural benchmark to be...
Updated 28 Oct, 2024 08:48am
2024-10-27-12-42
The capital of Islamic Republic of Pakistan was shut down for the recently held (October 15 to 17, 2024) Shanghai...
Published 27 Oct, 2024 02:44am
2024-10-26-01-35
Following the approval of a $7 billion funding agreement by International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board, there...
Updated 26 Oct, 2024 07:46am
2024-10-26-01-35
Do you know how many children are out of schools in Pakistan? In 2021 the number was 26.2 million, which reached 26...
Updated 26 Oct, 2024 07:51am
2024-10-26-01-35
“Ali Amin Gandapur – that name has how many ains– the twenty-fourth letter of the alphabet?”
“Oh for...
Published 26 Oct, 2024 05:55am
2024-10-25-01-46
The Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amend-ment) Act, 2024 [26th Amendment], passed in utmost haste by the Parliament on...
Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:51am
2024-10-25-01-46
Cotton is the backbone of Pakistan’s agricultural economy; yet the textile industry’s refusal to pay the cotton...
Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:55am
2024-10-25-01-46
Due to a significant economic downturn and resentments in public, the government had no choice but to implement...
Published 25 Oct, 2024 07:02am
2024-10-25-01-46
In the world of public procurement, transparency, accountability, and efficiency are keys. In Pakistan, the Public...
Published 25 Oct, 2024 07:12am
2024-10-25-01-46
“So the ongoing summit in Kazan, Russia…” “Is being underplayed and on some Western channels dismissed as a...
Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:29am
2024-10-24-02-03
Far from making Israel’s northern Galilee region inhabitable again – Netanyahu’s rationale for expanding the...
Published 24 Oct, 2024 07:03am
2024-10-24-02-03
India has fast-tracked construction of hydropower projects in IIOJ&K and at the same time, through its...
Published 24 Oct, 2024 07:08am
2024-10-24-02-03
“By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death... .” Human as Shakespeare states, in...
Updated 24 Oct, 2024 08:12am
2024-10-24-02-03
To achieve a win-win solution for all stakeholders—solar users, non-solar consumers, utility companies, and the...
Updated 24 Oct, 2024 08:26am
2024-10-24-02-03
“Yayyy.” “What is that in aid for? The extent of divisiveness within the country and without is simply...
Published 24 Oct, 2024 06:49am
2024-10-23-01-28
What a talent. Spectacular, superb. These are some exclamations that we normally hear when we see some extraordinary...
Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:52am
2024-10-23-01-28
Being part of a regional organization greatly benefits countries by improving their global trade position while...
Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:52am
2024-10-23-01-28
As we concluded in the previous part of this essay, renegotiating the power purchase agreements is difficult, if not...
Updated 23 Oct, 2024 07:07am
2024-10-23-01-28
The implementation of refugia in Bt cotton cultivation is a critical agricultural practice with far-reaching...
Updated 23 Oct, 2024 07:10am
2024-10-23-01-28
“You have reserves in national sports teams, and to my mind, reserves are the same as…” “Do reserves include...
Published 23 Oct, 2024 06:22am
2024-10-22-01-33
The newly approved IMF Programme in the form of a 37-month Extended Fund Facility can be considered as perhaps the...
Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am
2024-10-22-01-33
After much huffing and puffing during the last few days if not weeks, the government has finally managed to get the...
Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am
2024-10-22-01-33
The recent release of the Air Quality Life Index report has led to a persistent misunderstanding that environmental...
Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am
2024-10-22-12-59
“So what do you think of the twenty-sixth amendment of our constitution – and need I add the amendments began...
Published 22 Oct, 2024 06:33am