Pakistan's exports to EU have two years, and govt has one job: implementation

Pakistan has spent more than a decade building the legal framework that GSP+ demands, ratifying the conventions,... Updated 31 Jul, 2026 09:58pm

Beyond heatwaves: why Pakistan needs parametric climate insurance

What if the greatest threat from heatwaves is not the rising temperature itself, but the absence of a financial... Published 29 Jul, 2026 08:52pm

Can AI unlock Pakistan's next trillion-rupee opportunity?

• Pakistan urgently needs data protection framework, guidelines for AI use in healthcare and financial services, says Densight Labs CEO

Published 28 Jul, 2026 04:33pm

Less complexity, more confidence: the future of banking in Pakistan

Pakistan does not need more banking applications, it just needs fewer complications. Over the past few years, the... Published 27 Jul, 2026 09:41pm

Why bureaucracy is now a balance-sheet problem in Pakistan's internet economy

When was the last time you complained to a brand online and actually got a reply that felt like a person wrote it? I... Published 25 Jul, 2026 06:56pm

Attempted suicide: a second chance or crime

Suicide remains one of the most sensitive and challenging issues facing societies around the world, including... Published 24 Jul, 2026 07:20pm

Industry

Industrial policy, out of sequence

Pakistan is reaching for the costliest policy tools while lacking the capacity and fiscal room they demand, writes Dr Ghulam Mohey-ud-din Published 23 Jul, 2026 09:12am

Punjab clean water program

Water is a tremendous blessing—a truth best understood by those for whom it remains a rare commodity even in this... Published 23 Jul, 2026 12:13pm

Beyond right vs wrong: the new moral dilemmas of the digital age

A post-truth era, where faith-technology axis clashes with a faith-nationalism axis, fosters a moral relativism and... Published 21 Jul, 2026 09:42pm

The new East India Company won't arrive by Sea

Last year, I attended a meeting where entrepreneurs were engaged in a debate that resembled an engineering... Published 20 Jul, 2026 07:03pm

Why are women increasingly turning to femtech solutions?

Indian femtech empowers women to tackle PCOS and infertility, using accessible solutions like Ayurveda to break cultural taboos around health. Published 20 Jul, 2026 02:45pm

Climate tax or fiscal grab?

That Pakistan is among the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries is well established. So is its need for... Published 18 Jul, 2026 07:39pm

Smoking is still winning. It’s time to rethink the fight

• Smoking claims estimated 163,500 lives every year in Pakistan

Published 17 Jul, 2026 06:10pm

Can AI solve Pakistan's insurance penetration gap?

For decades, the insurance industry has tried and failed to reach the developing world’s unprotected billions. The... Published 16 Jul, 2026 10:00am

Pakistan doesn’t need more schools, it needs a better school system

Every election cycle promises an “education revolution”, yet Pakistan’s classrooms tell a different story. A new... Updated 16 Jul, 2026 01:15pm

Heritage isn’t enough anymore – the rise of the challenger brand

For decades, the luxury industry thrived on a familiar formula. Heritage, exclusivity and status were its defining... Published 13 Jul, 2026 07:42pm

Data centres and Pakistan’s AI future

The global technological landscape is entering a transformative era. After the ‘dot-com’ revolution of the 1990s,... Published 10 Jul, 2026 09:23pm

CLIS+: transforming agricultural risk protection in Pakistan

Agriculture remains the backbone of Pakistan’s economy, contributing nearly one-fourth of gross domestic product... Published 09 Jul, 2026 07:48pm

The banks' favourite borrower

Pakistan’s FY27 budget, presented on June 12, allocated Rs8.054 trillion to interest payments. That is about 43% of... Published 08 Jul, 2026 08:26pm

Pakistan’s data center future will be built by focused, neutral infrastructure players

The race to build Pakistan’s digital bedrock is underway. As enterprises, banks, public-sector platforms, cloud... Published 08 Jul, 2026 05:18pm

Implementing reforms in Pakistan: a wild goose chase?

For most of its existence, Pakistan has been governed by rules inherited from the colonial era, rules written for a... Published 02 Jul, 2026 09:16pm

Policy needs economic coherence: a case of Pakistan’s tobacco taxation

Pakistan’s Federal Budget 2026–27 has once again brought the country’s tobacco taxation framework into focus. At a... Published 02 Jul, 2026 10:00am

Thucydides reborn: Melos and modern Iran

In the annals of classical history, few texts capture the raw essence of power politics as vividly as Thucydides’... Published 30 Jun, 2026 09:15pm

Rethinking Pakistan's higher education model

The Supreme Court has issued a verdict to halt the appointment of PhDs and faculty to administrative positions,... Published 29 Jun, 2026 06:46pm

Preparing future marketers for an AI-driven world

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming almost every industry, and marketing is among the fields experiencing... Published 28 Jun, 2026 10:00am

From green haven to concrete zone: Shakarparian’s slow disappearance

Shakarparian, once a lush green expanse in Islamabad, is steadily shrinking as urban development continues to... Published 24 Jun, 2026 03:50pm

Corporate whitewash: how greenwashing and bluewashing undermine sustainable innovation

As Pakistan confronts climate change, economic uncertainty and increasing scrutiny from international investors,... Published 23 Jun, 2026 10:00am

Pakistan’s most undervalued economic asset is the woman with an idea

I was six years old when I opened my first shop. It wasn’t much of a shop, if I’m honest. Cardboard boxes lined up... Published 19 Jun, 2026 07:28pm