2025-06-18-01-16
“Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.” Arnold Toynbee’s warning resounds powerfully across the...
Published 18 Jun, 2025 06:10am
2025-06-18-01-16
Can Pakistan’s plastic waste really stack up to twice the height of the K2? That’s the claim made in...
Published 18 Jun, 2025 06:10am
2025-06-17-01-02
The federal budget for 2025-26 has been announced recently. This has led to wide-ranging discussions in the media...
Published 17 Jun, 2025 03:11am
2025-06-17-01-02
Over the past year, power tariffs in Pakistan have come down considerably and, contingent on key reforms being...
Published 17 Jun, 2025 03:11am
2025-06-17-01-04
“So, is plausible deniability, people specific?”
“I think the right question is whether it is individual...
Published 17 Jun, 2025 03:11am
2025-06-17-12-29
In Pakistan, the annual budget is seen as an opportunity for the government to express its economic priorities and...
Published 17 Jun, 2025 03:11am
2025-06-17-12-29
We are witnessing the rule-based order collapse in real time. It ain’t a pretty sight.
Multiple and simultaneous...
Published 17 Jun, 2025 03:11am
2025-06-16-02-32
The budget 2025-26 makes one implicit and three explicit assumptions that enable its architects to present a set of...
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 08:03am
2025-06-16-02-32
This is a contractionary budget, aimed at delivering a consolidated fiscal deficit of 3.9 percent of GDP—the ...
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 10:38am
2025-06-16-02-32
Recent media reports have highlighted the allocation of 2000 MW of power for Bitcoin (BTC) mining. In a country like...
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 04:36pm
2025-06-16-02-32
As discussions continue over tariffs between the USA and China, which still require official confirmation regarding...
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 08:18am
2025-06-16-02-32
If currency crises were rare catastrophes, one might chalk them up to bad luck. But in Pakistan’s case, they’ve...
Updated 16 Jun, 2025 08:15am
2025-06-15-12-50
The severe impacts of climate change are becoming more visible and alarming with each passing day. Wildfires in ...
Published 15 Jun, 2025 03:30am
2025-06-15-12-50
The recent trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in Beijing represents ...
Published 15 Jun, 2025 03:30am
2025-06-14-01-14
Pakistan’s annual budget has traditionally been more of a routine fiscal exercise conducted every year, covering...
Published 14 Jun, 2025 06:04am
2025-06-14-01-14
The Sindh government recently announced that it is amending the motor vehicle law which will increase the fines...
Updated 14 Jun, 2025 07:59am
2025-06-14-01-14
The history of Pakistan’s economy can be aptly summarised in three words: fragility not recognised. That since...
Updated 14 Jun, 2025 08:02am
2025-06-14-01-14
The Egyptian and Indus Valley civilizations, though separated by the chasm of time and geography, are linked by the...
Updated 14 Jun, 2025 08:09am
2025-06-14-01-14
“So the operative word is pre-emptive.” “What?” “It’s a good word. It justifies taking an action that does not have...
Updated 14 Jun, 2025 07:56am
2025-06-13-01-40
The federal budget for financial year 2025-26 presented on June 10, 2025, in the National Assembly, has laid bare...
Updated 13 Jun, 2025 08:22am
2025-06-13-01-40
In addition, lack of adequate regulatory capacity means that it is very likely, as has been the case in real ...
Updated 13 Jun, 2025 08:08am
2025-06-13-01-40
That Pakistan’s exporters are at a crossroads is a fact. If we are to revive economic momentum and restore our...
Updated 13 Jun, 2025 08:23am
2025-06-13-01-23
On April 24, 2025, India’s sudden and unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) jolted the ...
Updated 13 Jun, 2025 08:10am
2025-06-13-01-23
Inflation in Pakistan has plunged from 28.3 percent in January 2024 to 2.4 percent in January, 2025 year-on-year,...
Updated 13 Jun, 2025 08:12am
2025-06-13-01-23
“The word blitzkrieg comes to mind.”
“Whatever do you mean?”
“Blitzkrieg means lightning war – an...
Published 13 Jun, 2025 05:59am
2025-06-12-01-00
The Punjab government’s recent decision to ban all e-cigarettes, vapes and nicotine pouches across the province...
Updated 12 Jun, 2025 07:49am
2025-06-12-01-00
Narendra Modi is seriously suffering from the effects of misadventure and is on fire. He claimed Pakistan begged for...
Updated 12 Jun, 2025 07:57am
2025-06-12-01-00
- Agriculture, livelihoods, and forests: climate impacts and systemic constraints Agriculture remains the backbone...
Updated 12 Jun, 2025 08:01am
