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PARTLY FACETIOUS: There was a time when our economy was compared to India’s

“The way to steal cash…how can I put it…” “Legally you mean?” “Well, there is no legal cover when you are stealing cash.” “There are...

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Anjum Ibrahim

NAFSA: Reform or regression?

Pakistan’s decision in May 2025 to establish the National Agri-Trade and Food Safety Authority (NAFSA) was announced as a milestone in aligning the...

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Dr Tasneem Ahmad

Built of fire and faith, why Pakistanis are different?

Every few years, Pakistan gets tested. Not in boardrooms, not in speeches but in blood, smoke, and fire. And each time, just when the cynics write...

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Kashif Mateen Ansari

Future is not for sale; it is for all of us

The Industrial Revolution should have been humanity’s greatest awakening — a turning point when science, invention, and collective imagination...

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Dr Murtaza Khuhro

Public debt burden

The State Bank of Pakistan has recently released estimates of the stock of debt of the country as of the end of 2024-25. The total debt is...

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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Strategy of empty promises, not investments

Pakistan has seen economic stabilization for the past 18 to 24 months. Yet signs of fresh investment remain elusive. Promises and claims abound,...

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Ali Khizar

Why national crime syndicates essential?

National crime syndicates are essential because crime and related activity is the largest sector of the world (international) economy. Assuming the...

yesterday 20

Farooq Hassan

Back to tax basics

No matter how simple taxation laws are enacted in the beginning but they tend to turn into a cobweb of complexities over a period of time leading...

yesterday 20

Muhammad Naseer Butt

Gold expected to attract buyers during dips

The capping of US/Eurozone tariffs to 15% is reasonable and has given the European Central Bank (ECB) the opportunity to pause. Consequently, the...

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Asad Rizvi

Pakistan’s ‘charter of economy’

There have been periodic calls for continuity in economic policies, regarded as critical by successive economic team leaders, to achieve...

yesterday 40

Anjum Ibrahim

A city that was…a city that can be—II

In the aftermath of the 1971 war and from the results of 1970 elections, a fresh wave of displaced persons from East Pakistan, settled in Karachi,...

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Sirajuddin Aziz

The floods

This season’s floods have battered Pakistan’s economy once again, exposing its fiscal fragility and food security risks. Beyond the humanitarian...

sunday 2

Farhat Ali

Facing rain challenges

It was just a few days ago that Karachi was turned from a bustling metropolis to a water-logged island of sorts with its residents, most of them...

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Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Nawaz Sharif’s action copied by President Trump?

“So we are a nation of contraries.” “Contraries?” “Yes.” “I thought we are a nation of trailblazers – look at the West’s deep state decision-making...

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Anjum Ibrahim

Climate change crisis, floods, and role of government

Fast-unfolding climate change crisis, which has strong imprint on the recent floods has once again – just like in 2022 – thrown light on the lack...

13.09.2025 3

Dr Omer Javed

The drowning of a treaty

For the first time in history, India has been accused of weaponizing climate change—not with bombs or missiles, but through silence, data...

13.09.2025 40

Dr Ikramul Haq Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

The struggle of EVs in Pakistan

A friend recently sent me a WhatsApp photo, standing tall before a black SUV lit up like a stage with lights all around. The ambiance amplified his...

13.09.2025 1

Dr Yasir Ahmad

PPP model playing key role in improving education in Sindh

In the last week of April 2025, the Government of Sindh issued a notification appointing the highly respected and well-known bureaucrat, Mr...

13.09.2025 2

Sanjay Mathrani

CTBCM: A carefully designed reform

In an article published in Business Recorder dated September 3, 2025, the author has rightly appreciated the government’s efforts in improving...

13.09.2025 2

Zafar Yab Khan

Palestine and Lucrece: when resistance refuses suicide

Shakespeare’s seminal poem draws the haunting parallel between the tragedy of Lucrece and plight of Palestine. Lucrece, the beautiful, pious, and...

13.09.2025 30

Dr Saulat Nagi

Pakistan’s market cap to GDP ratio: a mirror to our capital market

Introduction: a ratio that speaks volume In the world of finance, few metrics offer as clear a snapshot of a country’s capital market health as the...

13.09.2025 1

Dr Yasir Mahmood

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Floods expected to reverse gains made by economic team

“So, what’s the fallout?” “Well, the floods in the country would reverse the painstaking economic gains by the economic team leaders and…” “Can you...

13.09.2025 10

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PARTLY FACETIOUS: There was a time when our economy was compared to India’s

Anjum Ibrahim

NAFSA: Reform or regression?

Dr Tasneem Ahmad

Built of fire and faith, why Pakistanis are different?

Kashif Mateen Ansari

Future is not for sale; it is for all of us

Dr Murtaza Khuhro

Public debt burden

Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Strategy of empty promises, not investments

Ali Khizar

Why national crime syndicates essential?

Farooq Hassan

Back to tax basics

Muhammad Naseer Butt

Gold expected to attract buyers during dips

Asad Rizvi

Pakistan’s ‘charter of economy’

Anjum Ibrahim

A city that was…a city that can be—II

Sirajuddin Aziz

The floods

Farhat Ali

Facing rain challenges

Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Nawaz Sharif’s action copied by President Trump?

Anjum Ibrahim

Climate change crisis, floods, and role of government

Dr Omer Javed

The drowning of a treaty

Dr Ikramul Haq Engineer Arshad H Abbasi

The struggle of EVs in Pakistan

Dr Yasir Ahmad

PPP model playing key role in improving education in Sindh

Sanjay Mathrani

CTBCM: A carefully designed reform

Zafar Yab Khan

Palestine and Lucrece: when resistance refuses suicide

Dr Saulat Nagi

Pakistan’s market cap to GDP ratio: a mirror to our capital market

Dr Yasir Mahmood

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Floods expected to reverse gains made by economic team

Anjum Ibrahim