To be fair, it is not exactly the most opportune time to become prime minister of Pakistan
The recent election of February 8 underscores the inherent unpredictability in relying on anecdotal political insights
Election result will unfortunately now lead to a period of greater political polarization that will further undermine Pakistan’s economic...
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar addressed a high-level dialogue on financing for development on the sidelines of the UNGA in New York...
When discussing Pakistan, we often focus on the income gap and gender gap, but one critical issue remains unaddressed: the age gap. I’m not...
In the aftermath of the Shehbaz Sharif government’s widely criticized budget, which was met with disdain by independent economists and also drew...
The current government’s leaders deride the Supreme Court’s decisions, viewing them as partisan due to their perceived leniency towards former...
Now that the Toshakhana record for the period 2002-2022 is in the public domain, we can see how morally questionable the rules were that allowed our...
If you aren’t familiar with what ChatGPT can do, then you’re going to be blindsided by the impending changes that are going to upend our society...
Pakistan’s economy is currently like the cartoon character that finds itself suspended in midair after falling off a cliff with its arms and legs...
It is plain that the finance minister’s visit to Washington has not resulted in any financial relief since, apart from expressions of sympathy for...
The stock market and the dollar rising in unison after the announcement that Ishaq Dar was to take over as finance minister was quite surprising as...
The experience of several Muslim majority countries that have reduced their population growth can provide valuable guidance. Hans Rosling, the...
In 1777 when a friend bemoaned that Britain’s future was ruined after its army had lost a battle to American colonists in the latter’s War of...
The writer is a group director at the Jang Group.While the world’s media is focused on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the daily horrors...
The former combined opposition parties that backed Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister have been shaken by the size and age diversity of the crowds...
In accordance with expectations but contrary to economic prudence, the incoming Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced a raft of relief measures...
The finest moment for the embattled PTI government over the last four years has beenits handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.With a combination of good...
The writer is a group director at the Jang Group.Make too many promises and sooner rather than later a government will find that all can’t be...
Budget 2021-22 looks good on paper in so far as it avoids the usual compulsions of belt tightening to meet IMF conditionalities and so can claim...
There are some important policy issues that need immediate attention but do not get the priority they deserve in policy discussions about the future...
One frequently reads or hears about the need for the structural transformation of the economy by means of which the institutions or people...
The writer is a group director at the Jang Group.Reopening primary and secondary schools will lead to a rise in community spread of Covid-19. This...
One must shake one’s head in exasperation at the ad-hoc way decisions are made in Pakistan in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic.By waiting two...
What happens after the lockdown ends is not clear since there is no overarching plan to indicate the steps the government proposes to combat...
There are signs that the economy is on the mend after the lows it had sunk to last year in the aftermath of the austerity measures implemented over...
It was the renowned American Supreme Court judge Oliver Wendell Holmes who wrote more than a century back that ‘taxes are the price we pay for a...
Some recent economic news gives hope that the economy is less fragile than many people assumed. One useful indicator of a revival of confidence by...
A lack of transparency in economic decision-making has led to a situation whereby Pakistan may be in the throes of a debt trap. Temporary measures...
With the formation of an 18-member Economic Advisory Council comprising eminent economists, Imran Khan’s government will not be short of economic...
The IMF’s recent press release pursuant to Article IV consultation with the government of Pakistan indicates that the country’s real...
A coalition of several Gulf Cooperation Council countries led by Saudi Arabia, including the United Arab Emirates , Bahrain and Egypt, has put Qatar...
UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s gamble to hold a snap election three years earlier than required has failed spectacularly. Her aim was to...
Islamabad The afforestation campaign for the year 2017 along Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway was formally launched on Friday under the joint auspices...
Asks NAB chairman how much losses organisation is making ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the National Accountability...
QUETTA: Five men of Hazara community were injured, two critically, in a targetted attack on their vehicle along the Spiny Road here on...
CAIRO: A senior Egyptian judge hanged himself in custody on Monday a day after his arrest in connection with an investigation into a corruption...
KARACHI: Zia Kasi and Sanaullah guided Quetta Seniors to a seven-wicket victory over Karachi Haseen Habib in the 18th National Seniors Cup Cricket...
KARACHI: If Pakistan put up a fighting show, no matter what the result is, as they did in the first Test then no one will criticise them and our...
Briefs Schools to be shut on APS attack anniversary Bureau report PESHAWAR: The district administration has announced public holiday in...
A recent policy measure made use of by governments is the idea of ‘nudging’ people to adopt a certain course of action. This is a...
It has been called the greatest political upset in American political history. How did the least qualified candidate in the history of US politics...
The abortive bid by a faction within Turkey’s armed forces to depose Turkey’s elected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 15...
The writer is group director for business development at the Jang Group. When Pakistan’s finance minister announces the annual budget this...
aEarlier this month a robot killed a worker at car maker Volkswagen’s factory in Germany. Although the news caption about the killing fuelled...
Forecasting is about predicting the future in order to take advantage of emerging opportunities or avoiding the dangers of being blindsided by nasty...
In recent years virtually all statistical measures point to a tendency towards increased income and wealth disparities in most countries. Branko...
The New York Times expose earlier in the week showing that Axact Technologies’ is not the ‘World’s Leading IT Company’ but allegedly a front...
