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Circular debt debacle: financial fixes cannot solve the problem

The much-hyped plan to reduce Pakistan’s power sector circular debt by a staggering Rs1.3 trillion has hit an all-too-predictable obstacle: Chinese...

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Ali Khizar

WTO: Struggling for survival

Questions are being raised about the present day relevance of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) established in 1995 subsequent to Trump...

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Anjum Ibrahim

Market stays concentrated on unresolved tariff issues

The recent minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held on June 17-18 revealed a range of opinions among the voting members....

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Asad Rizvi

INSTC should be active in tandem with BRI

In today’s interconnected world and the new global order, trade corridors are essential highways of the global economy and strategic tools for...

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Majyd Aziz

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Let it be with Caesar

“So is everyone on the same page or not?” “Talal Chaudhary, rewarded for his loyalty to the Heir Apparent…” “Who is the heir apparent? The Prime...

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Anjum Ibrahim

Afghanistan now in very advantageous position

Afghanistan, long a theater of war and humanitarian crises, is re-emerging as a central node in the evolving geopolitics of Asia and Eurasian...

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Farhat Ali

Already too late?

For ‘Whom the Bell Tolls’ by Donne prewarned the mankind that dangers and threats are inclusive. And we are seeing how the globe is spinning away...

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Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

Sindh govt’s swift response to the Lyari tragedy

The collapse of Fotan Mansion in Lyari, Karachi, on July 4, 2025, was a heartbreaking tragedy that claimed 27 lives and laid bare the perils of...

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Nadir Nabil Gabol

Debt crisis and SDGs

’Today, 3.3 billion people live in countries that spend more on interest payments than on health, and 2.1 billion live in countries that spend more...

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Dr Omer Javed

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Has Dar read a certain IMF document?

“So Dar has announced a Special Economic Zone for Turkish entrepreneurs in Karachi.” “My question to him is: has he read the International Monetary...

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