Budget is non-starter because it fails to enforce minimum wage that is convincingly sufficient for low-income household
Pakistan, as member of world’s exclusive club of nuclear powers, must remain grateful to India for Delhi’s nuclear tests of May 1998
This was time US slapped sanctions on Pakistan for latter’s use of American equipment to defend itself
Securing Pakistan must come with actions where it matters most: for the people of Pakistan who are suffering most
It is clear that radical policy shift is essential if Pakistan seeks to make meaningful difference in its future outlook
Memory of Hazrat Ali on commemoration of his martyrdom must revive multiple lessons for downtrodden
Failure to impose credible farm tax is embedded both in Pakistan’s politics and country’s sorry economic history
Official image versus powerful reality on ground presents solid evidence of missing reality check
Innovation through use of progressive means for broadening their lending portfolios is essential way forward for future
Curbing dissent through merely enacting new laws is set to become more than just semi-futile
For now, IMF agreement provides essential cushion to help Pakistan return from the brink of Sri-Lanka-type default on foreign repayments
State Bank overlook considerable challenges surrounding Pakistan's economy
In recent weeks, banks have searched for new borrowers, willing to take fresh debt at below-market rates
Pakistan’s wheat farmers face unusually large pitfalls highlighting root cause of downward slide in agriculture
For many in the ruling structure, the latest move is set to arm the government with greater clout
Despite securing IMF loan worth $7b for next three years, country will at best remain just afloat
$8500 returned by Keir Starmer was paid against cost of tickets to musical concert, horse racing events and football match
Going forward, government must launch an emergency campaign to support the plantation of new crops
Dar has periodically shown more than an active interest in his former cabinet portfolio
Governments at centre and provinces lack popular legitimacy that is deeply essential to enable Pakistan to tackle some of toughest challenges that...
It is no surprise that millions of mourners from across the world will join processions in Karbala on Sunday to remember aftermath of 'Ashura’'
Tumultuous circumstances surrounding the country’s creation triggered much scepticism over its future
Failure to lay ground for long-delayed journey towards new future will only imperil Pakistan’s destiny
Tragedy that unfolded after Ashura has no parallels in the history of Islam
Seldom before has Pakistan become locked in such a widespread economic slowdown coinciding with uncertain politics
The sanctity of budgetary commitments has been squandered repeatedly as successive regimes have announced robust development plans
PML-N leaders including Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz, party President Nawaz Sharif and PM Shehbaz Sharif at the stage during a rally at Minar-e-Pakistan...
Pakistan’s electricity consumers were encouraged to adopt solar generation as a way to increase power generation
Events leading up to the upcoming protests and beyond are a powerful reminder of Pakistan’s once relatively functional ruling environment
A representational image showing late Pakistani human rights activist and Supreme Court lawyer Asma Jahangir. — AFP/FileAn annual gathering in...
Promising so-far-undelivered has been a repeated pattern in Pakistan’s unfortunate journey
The undated image shows a mourning procession on Yaum-e-Ali. — APP FileThis weekend’s surge in the number of pilgrims heading to Najaf, the holy...
Newly appointed Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzaib, poses after taking oath in Islamabad, on March 11, 2024. — Ministry of FinanceThe...
A representational image of the SIFC logo. — X/@sifcpakistanAs Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government takes charge amid the worst economic...
The event on Sunday in the crowded ‘Ichhra’ neighbourhood could have become ugly without the timely and brave intervention by a young police...
As a PML-N-led coalition hobbles towards forming a government following controversial elections, the next chapter in Pakistan’s sorry economic...
But going forward, constrained by restrictions under the next IMF loan, delivering those promises will be difficult
To date, little is known about where money is going to come from to afford promised relief
Centerpiece of Islam where Hazrat Ali was born to this day location of birth of Hazrat Ali has not been shared by anyone else
In contrast to huge and rapidly mounting challenges surrounding Pakistan’s future main contenders are geared up effectively more towards...
Dar, who led the finance ministry under the last PML-N government, left behind a much-blemished legacy
Pakistan is set to enter another year surrounded by deep-rooted challenges over its medium- to long-term future. The prospect of another political...
ISLAMABAD: The expected approval for the release of a U$700 million tranche for Pakistan from the IMF’s executive board in Washington next month,...
As Pakistan struggled with ever-growing challenges in recent decades, a succession of regimes have sought to jumpstart the country – notably its...
Almost six months after the creation of the SIFC to shepherd large new inflows to Pakistan’s investment starved horizon, the lessons of the past...
Representational image. — APP FileWhen Pakistan’s negotiators and members of a visiting IMF team closed their latest deal to facilitate the flow...
A woman with physical disabilities casting her vote in NA-149 constituency of Multan during 2013 elections in Pakistan. — APP FileThe futility of...
