Now a nutrition crisis EDITORIAL: It’s is indeed most disturbing but no surprise, really, that Pakistan’s many crises – economic,... Published 18 Jun, 2023 06:27am
World WHO warns Covid pandemic still volatile GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned the Covid pandemic was still volatile, saying there could be... Published 19 Apr, 2023 06:36am
World US labour force gap mostly due to pre-pandemic trends WASHINGTON: Almost all of the remaining shortfall in US labour force participation is the result of demographic and... Published 31 Mar, 2023 06:45am
Editorials Fate of LDCs EDITORIAL: It seems that the United Nations (UN) has finally realised that one of its most ineffective initiatives... Published 11 Mar, 2023 03:16am
Opinion Understanding austerity There is a general confusion in Pakistan, whereby austerity policies are taken as belt-tightening in terms of... Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am
Business & Finance Ongoing crisis result of ‘last 75 years’ mistakes’, says Miftah KARACHI: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail has said Pakistan has reached to this state owing to the mistakes of... Published 05 Mar, 2023 03:36am
Business & Finance World Bank promises ‘concessionality’ in debt restructuring BENGALURU: The World Bank will “provide as much concessionality to the debt treatment” for distressed economies... Published 26 Feb, 2023 03:27am
Opinion Debt relief for developing countries When the Covid pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) back in early 2020, a number of... Published 17 Feb, 2023 06:00am
Pakistan London Heathrow-Lahore-Islamabad: Virgin Atlantic says suspending operations KARACHI: Virgin Atlantic has announced on Monday that it will be suspending services between London Heathrow and... Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am
Business & Finance High freight rates lift Maersk to record profit in 2022 COPENHAGEN: Global shipping giant Maersk reported its biggest ever full-year profit in 2022, amid soaring freight... Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am
Pakistan Pakistan calls for steps to reduce inequality between nations UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has underscored the need for addressing the multiple crises — including the Covid-19... Published 12 Feb, 2023 03:56am
Opinion Both IMF, govt need serious policy path correction The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its recently-released flagship report ‘World Economic Outlook [WEO] update:... Updated 03 Feb, 2023 10:27am
Business & Finance Pfizer eyes big drop in Covid-related revenues in 2023 NEW YORK: After two straight years of surging sales due to Covid-19 products, Pfizer projected a steep decline in... Published 31 Jan, 2023 09:13pm
World ‘World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for next crisis’ GENEVA: All countries remain “dangerously unprepared” for the next pandemic, the Red Cross warned on Monday,... Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am
Opinion Debt, inequality and austerity ‘In most western countries, inequality is rising, and social mobility has stalled. Our citizens are losing... Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:44am
World China back to ‘normal’ after end of Covid curbs: official DAVOS: China has returned to normal after the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, Vice Premier Liu He told the World... Published 17 Jan, 2023 07:58pm
Opinion Economic slowdown will force workers into worse jobs: UN A global economic slowdown will force more workers into accepting lower quality, poorly paid jobs in 2023, while... Published 17 Jan, 2023 06:02am
Opinion 2023: year of non-neoliberal, non-austerity, counter-cyclical reform policy Agreed, Pakistan’s credit default swap (CDS) risk has increased substantially during the current year, that it has... Updated 30 Dec, 2022 06:28am
World Mainland China reports 2,286 new COVID-19 cases vs 2,157 a day earlier SHANGHAI: Mainland China reported 2,286 new symptomatic COVID-19 infections on Dec. 16, compared with 2,157 a day... Published 17 Dec, 2022 10:08am
Editorials ‘Victims of missed opportunities’ EDITORIAL: It is a shame that in the near-four decades since the Saarc (South Asian Association for Regional... Published 17 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Opinion IMF policy needs a serious rethink The first major jolt to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) thinking regarding pursuing austerity policy... Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:58am
Pakistan Minister calls for integrated health system to deal with epidemics ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Agha Hassan Baloch chaired the concluding ceremony of... Published 09 Dec, 2022 05:58am
World China reports 33,073 new COVID cases for Dec. 2 vs 34,980 a day earlier SHANGHAI: China reported 33,073 new COVID-19 infections for Dec. 2, of which 3,988 were symptomatic and 29,085 were... Published 03 Dec, 2022 10:19am
Opinion Non-austerity policy needed for resilient, inclusive, sustainable growth The world is fast entering deep recesses of environmental, public health, and economic crises. Virtually, over the... Published 02 Dec, 2022 05:47am
Opinion The Covid saga It was a nightmare that haunts many of us till today. The Covid pandemic that swept the country and whose lethal... Published 19 Nov, 2022 06:25am
Opinion The Bridgetown Initiative ‘A perennial question hanging over UN climate conferences is how developing countries will finance their domestic... Published 18 Nov, 2022 05:53am
Opinion Climate action: talk the talk walk the walk This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial “Pandemic fund” carried by the newspaper yesterday. The newspaper... Published 18 Nov, 2022 05:53am
Business & Finance Gas crisis to halt economic activities: APSMA KARACHI: The gas supply crisis would badly affect industrial production, exports and halt all economic activities ... Published 18 Nov, 2022 05:53am
Editorials Pandemic fund EDITORIAL: G20 health and finance ministers may have grabbed the headlines with the announcement of a $1.4 billion... Published 17 Nov, 2022 05:59am
Markets BOJ Governor Kuroda vows to continue monetary easing for now TOKYO: Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday the central bank would stick to monetary easing to... Published 14 Nov, 2022 11:41am