Opinion Unveiling the malaise and despondency The recent success on IMF (International Monetary Fund) funding, a bullish stock market, the rupee value stabilizing... Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am
Opinion Serious efforts at last! As winter sets in and major cities in the country are engulfed with fog and smog with related diseases figures sky... Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am
Opinion PARTLY FACETIOUS: The lightweight on a seesaw is no longer a lightweight “It’s not a see saw, it’s more like…like…I can’t think of the right word.” “Maybe I can help. What... Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am
Global hunger, food security challenges Member States should facilitate the continued strengthening of the United Nations development system and boost the...
Important climate finance issues at COP28 The world is faced with not only the existential threat of climate change crisis, but the impact it is producing in...
PARTLY FACETIOUS: US Senate doesn’t have a Sanjrani, so to speak “I find it strange.” “Strange is not the word. I reckon it is the first time in US history that their Senate...
Why Erdogan is right about Hamas Why do you think Genocide Joe – POTUS’s new nickname advocated by American Muslim champions of the Abandon Biden...
2023-12-05-01-18 Israel bent on genocide Only the naïve could have imagined that Israel would continue the truce that allowed the exchange of some of the... Published 05 Dec, 2023 03:01am
2023-12-05-12-55 From forced migration to forced repatriation The caretaker government on 26 September 2023 issued the ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’. According to the... Updated 05 Dec, 2023 04:13am
2023-12-05-12-08 PARTLY FACETIOUS: Convictions can be overturned “I am so very impressed that executive positions are being filled so appropriately, Salman Butt a convicted…”... Published 05 Dec, 2023 03:01am
2023-12-04-02-25 A revisit of trade components critical Exports fuel domestic productivity and therefore employment and at the same time constitute the most desired form of... Published 04 Dec, 2023 05:35am
2023-12-04-02-25 Discos: the tug-of-war is anything but respectable The power sector circular debt is growing unabated despite successive increases in power tariffs and much-hyped ... Published 04 Dec, 2023 05:35am
2023-12-04-02-25 PKR’s performance Fitch Solutions Co. was as quoted by Bloomberg as saying that the PKR would drop as low as 350 by the end of 2024.... Published 04 Dec, 2023 05:35am
2023-12-04-02-25 Leader’s dilemma: exclusivity versus inclusivity The tremors of the post pandemic Covid shakeup are still reverberating in the corporate corridors. The world ... Published 04 Dec, 2023 05:35am
2023-12-03-01-31 Battling food insecurity in Pakistan In the world where technological advancements and scientific breakthroughs are pushing the boundaries of perceived... Published 03 Dec, 2023 02:59am
2023-12-03-01-31 Why climate resilience vital for our future In Pakistan, the impact of climate change is no longer a distant threat but a reality that we have been forced to... Published 03 Dec, 2023 02:59am
2023-12-02-01-11 The way forward Discussions and arguments on the politics of the day — at all levels and at all times — are in the DNA of our... Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am
2023-12-02-01-11 Restoring the environment Many years ago when I was working for a big international chemicals company we had an important visit from the head... Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am
2023-12-01-01-28 Pakistan: leadership crisis The primary constituents of economic growth encompass physical capital, infrastructure, human capital, and... Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am
2023-12-01-01-28 Alarming threat of global warming and lagging climate finance The progress made since the landmark Paris Agreement back in 2015 is seriously lagging as pointed out by a recently... Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am
2023-12-01-01-28 Hailing IHC’s interim order on windfall income tax on banking cos Further our Technical Release 12/2023 dated November 28, 2023 wherein we have given our comments on the Windfall... Updated 01 Dec, 2023 05:12am
2023-12-01-01-28 PARTLY FACETIOUS: The glass half full “So what went wrong?” “You really need to narrow it down in the Land of the Pure. There is plenty wrong... Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am
2023-12-02-01-11 PARTLY FACETIOUS: Khosa has thrown a spanner in the works of Gohar? “For the life of me I cannot understand the chatter on the airwaves as to who will remain in charge after Pakistan... Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am
2023-12-01-01-28 Election manifesto What distinguishes cult leaders from politicians who represent their country? Can demagoguery and verbosity serve as... Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am
2023-11-30-02-05 Get rich before getting old It is said, “The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.”... Published 30 Nov, 2023 04:53am
2023-11-30-02-05 Foreign currency requirement for taming inflation In the year 2016 an operational limit to the debt-ceiling was introduced whereby the annual federal deficit... Updated 30 Nov, 2023 05:17am
2023-11-30-02-05 Navigating petroleum pricing: Need to introduce deregulation Introduction: The intricacies of Pakistan’s oil pricing system, tethered to the fortnightly determination of prices,... Updated 30 Nov, 2023 05:20am