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“A lesson for our ‘free trade’ wannabes,” commented Mujtaba Piracha, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in...
The financial sector plays a crucial role in promoting environmentally sustainable and socially responsible investment. Pakistan has set a target of a...
LAHORE: With a large portion of Pakistan’s population, particularly children and women, suffering from moderate to acute malnutrition, the US...
AN equitable and fair tax system is crucial for boosting investment and growth. In Pakistan, however, the sole purpose of tax policy is to collect...
The processed food sector in Pakistan is witnessing a significant growth in demand, spurring investment in both the food processing and packaging...
Propelled by a strong post-pandemic recovery in the US, sticky inflation, and geopolitical tensions, a surging dollar has battered almost every Asian...
Even though Israel and Iran have signalled their intention to walk back down the escalation ladder following their limited but direct...
Is the era of so-called ‘unfettered free trade’ and multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) regime coming to an end?...
“Contradictions abound in a country of weak institutions and strong individuals, of economic growth without human development, of private greed and...
A major shift in the global electric vehicles (EV) market is underway, led by cheaper Chinese electric cars equipped with smart tech features. China...
AN IMF mission is here to hold discussions on the second and final review of its short-term $3 billion rescue package that has helped Pakistan shore...
The initial brouhaha notwithstanding, the Sindh government’s plan to produce gas and liquid fuels for urea production, electricity generation, and...
The future of the long-stalled Gwadar power plant remains uncertain as it appears to have reached yet another impasse a year after the previous...
EVENTUALLY, the world is starting to feel the ripple effects of the US commercial real estate turmoil. The real estate market distress goes back to...
Digital financial services (DFS) have gained momentum in Pakistan since the Covid pandemic. Mobile app and internet banking have grown phenomenally,...
Habitual turncoats, or lotas, as they are derisively referred to in Pakistan’s political parlance — have long been a central feature in Punjab’s...
Mobile technology is at the heart of the digital transformation underway in the country. With government and private sector organisations using...
Being one of a large number of the so-called ‘fringe’ parties — smaller groups and outfits in the national political spectrum with a small share...
With the government scrambling for dollars, knocking one door after the other to raise cash to keep the ongoing balance of payment crisis from...
China seems to have successfully spurred a ‘modest’ post-pandemic economic recovery amid a myriad of problems, ranging from slump in the real...
AFTER a tumultuous 2023, most people remain “cautiously optimistic” about Pakistan’s economic outlook as we enter the new year, waiting with...
WITH the eagerly awaited national polls set to be held on February 8, most political parties — barring the one that has recently fallen out of...