Yousuf Nazar
Yousuf Nazar

  • November 08, 2025

    Big Tech’s job mirage

    The brand logo of Alphabet Inc's Google is seen outside its office in Beijing, China, August 8, 2018. — Reuters Silicon Valley’s success story...

  • November 08, 2025

    Big Tech’s job mirage

    The brand logo of Alphabet Inc's Google is seen outside its office in Beijing, China, August 8, 2018. — Reuters Silicon Valley’s success story...

  • October 07, 2025

    The AI boom’s Achilles heel

    This representational picture shows a metallic figure against a computer. — AFP/FileEric Schmidt, former Google CEO, warned in April 2025...

  • October 07, 2025

    The AI boom’s Achilles heel

    This representational picture shows a metallic figure against a computer. — AFP/FileEric Schmidt, former Google CEO, warned in April 2025...

  • September 30, 2025

    No laughing matter

    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Yamama Palace, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 17, 2025. —...

  • September 30, 2025

    No laughing matter

    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Yamama Palace, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 17, 2025. —...

  • September 09, 2025

    This deluge of misgovernance

    Flood-affected villagers of Lodia wade through waist-deep water to move their cattle and families to safer ground after a deadly flash flood...

  • September 09, 2025

    This deluge of misgovernance

    Flood-affected villagers of Lodia wade through waist-deep water to move their cattle and families to safer ground after a deadly flash flood...

  • August 31, 2025

    The missing link in fiscal devolution

    A person can be seen holding Pakistani currency notes in his hands. — AFP/FilePakistan’s federal fiscal system faces acute challenges as it...

  • August 31, 2025

    The missing link in fiscal devolution

    A person can be seen holding Pakistani currency notes in his hands. — AFP/FilePakistan’s federal fiscal system faces acute challenges as it...

  • August 23, 2025

    How can we save Karachi?

    People wade through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Karachi on August 19, 2025. — AFPThe recent torrential rains – about 200...

  • August 23, 2025

    How can we save Karachi?

    People wade through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Karachi on August 19, 2025. — AFPThe recent torrential rains – about 200...

  • August 13, 2025

    KP’s decade of disappointment

    A representational image showing girls attending a class at a school. — AFP/FileSince 2013, the PTI government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has declared...

  • August 13, 2025

    KP’s decade of disappointment

    A representational image showing girls attending a class at a school. — AFP/FileSince 2013, the PTI government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has declared...

  • August 04, 2025

    Trump’s South Asia strategy

    US President Donald Trump speaks after signing the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 30, 2025. —...

  • August 04, 2025

    Trump’s South Asia strategy

    US President Donald Trump speaks after signing the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 30, 2025. —...

  • July 24, 2025

    Igniting the renaissance

    People line up as election officials check their ballot papers during voting in the general election at a polling station in Lahore. —...

  • July 24, 2025

    Igniting the renaissance

    People line up as election officials check their ballot papers during voting in the general election at a polling station in Lahore. —...

  • July 16, 2025

    Why the rupee keeps faltering

    A representational image of a currency dealer counting Rs500 notes. — AFP/FileWhy do some currencies hold their value for decades, while others,...

  • July 16, 2025

    Why the rupee keeps faltering

    A representational image of a currency dealer counting Rs500 notes. — AFP/FileWhy do some currencies hold their value for decades, while others,...

  • July 08, 2025

    The schools that aren’t

    This image shows a general view of the LUAMS building in Lasbela. —LUAMS website/FileA student’s letter recently published in a...

  • July 08, 2025

    The schools that aren’t

    This image shows a general view of the LUAMS building in Lasbela. —LUAMS website/FileA student’s letter recently published in a...

  • July 08, 2025

    The schools that aren’t

    This image shows a general view of the LUAMS building in Lasbela. —LUAMS website/FileA student’s letter recently published in a newspaper laid...

  • June 20, 2025

    Who threatens global peace?

    Al Jazeera and local medics reported that at least 58 civilians are killed in one incident alone

  • June 10, 2025

    A fiscal system in denial

    Piecemeal measures fail to broaden base, instead funnelling burdens onto salaried middle class

  • June 01, 2025

    Our crypto gamble

    Pakistan must send unambiguous signal: crypto is not state asset. It is private sector’s sandbox, not govt vault

  • May 23, 2025

    Pakistan’s defining moment

    A fragile ceasefire, brokered by US-led mediation, holds but has the risk of renewed conflict

  • May 14, 2025

    No romance in war

    This most severe escalation since 1971 war prompted urgent international action

  • May 01, 2025

    India’s polarising powder keg

    Engagement by China can both assuage Pakistan's security concerns and press India to rein in extremist posturing

  • April 22, 2025

    The petroleum levy burden

    Though effective in raising revenue, this policy exacts high economic price, It nullifies benefits of falling global oil prices

  • April 15, 2025

    America First?

    US must ditch tariff fetish, rally its allies and sit down with China to salvage trade before floor caves in

  • April 06, 2025

    Trump’s trade war

    Beijing was among first to denounce the tariffs, calling them “unjustifiable” and vowing strong countermeasures

  • March 27, 2025

    Pakistan’s war within

    On March 16, BLA claimed responsibility for Noshki attack on security forces, killing five officers and injuring dozens

  • March 18, 2025

    Solar flipflops and the energy crisis

    ECC chaired by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, claims this rapid expansion is unfairly burdening grid consumers

  • March 03, 2025

    Education and development

    Regardless of political systems democracy, autocracy, or monarchy no country has progressed without educating its people

  • February 24, 2025

    Between debt and diplomacy

    Advanced weaponry and technology from Beijing have become integral to Pakistan’s defence capabilities

  • February 08, 2025

    Trump and Pakistan

    Some in Pakistan express enthusiasm over recent visit by American businessmen led by Mr Gentry Beach

  • February 01, 2025

    The DeepSeek disruption

    Nasdaq and S&P 500 were rattled by reports that China’s DeepSeek uses cheaper chips and less data

  • December 22, 2024

    From steam engines to silicon chips

    Political structures and governance systems have been central to economic and social development

  • December 15, 2024

    The fragile balance of US-China trade

    Tensions marking the US-China relationship have generated pessimistic, sometimes dire, vision for its future

  • November 15, 2024

    The IMF’s failed prescription

    Despite multiple bailouts, Pakistan remains mired in inflation, debt, and stagnation

  • July 02, 2024

    A nation adrift

    Pakistan has lost a decade to bitter and polarizing political conflicts and poor governance

  • May 30, 2024

    Pakistan’s drift into chaos

    PTI’s young followers are an ahistorical cult, with their sense of history beginning in 2011 or February 8, 2024

  • May 09, 2024

    Did SBP and IMF get inflation wrong?

    Following the onset of post-pandemic inflation in 2021, economists swiftly diverged into two camps

  • April 06, 2024

    Lessons from Asia

    Some Pakistani intellectuals like Hamza Alvi attributed Pakistan’s problems to an “overdeveloped state”

  • March 20, 2024

    Charter of national revival

    A shopkeeper waits for customers at a market in Karachi. — AFP/FilePakistan needs more than a Charter of Economy. It needs a Charter of National...