Once again the World Bank (WB) is reported to be currently working with the government to invite private sector participation in the distribution sector, starting with the best-performing power distribution companies (Discos),…
The Asian Development Bank will increase its climate-related lending by up to $7.2 billion after the United States and Japan agreed to underwrite risk for some existing loans, an ADB…
Around this time every year, Moroccan wheat farmer Abderrahim Mohafid is usually preparing for his spring harvest, but this year his fields lay unusually bare. On the road leading up…
Even for the richest person on the planet, buying Twitter was always going to be a challenge — a highly complex financial transaction now made even trickier by a defensive…
Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc across the board with mobile services, especially mobile broadband emerging as a lifesaving technology. However, given the economic climate, relief to the common man to…
Since India and Pakistan have finally embarked on the path of reconciliation and dialogue, it is time to reflect upon and identify the major roadblocks which have the potential to…
US diplomats and the Afghan Taliban have seen cause for hope in talks to end the United States' longest war, but the pivotal issues of a ceasefire and the militants…
Ever since the Panama leaks affair first surfaced in April 2016, it has, for quite natural reasons, dominated national headlines and shaped the country’s political environment. However, the manner in…
Well, they cannot shift the Lahore Literary Festival – LLF – to Dubai or Sharjah. Unlike the Pakistan Super League. A literary event is not spectator sport. And there are…
China has spearheaded a move to launch a multilateral bank - Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) - amidst much US-led Western opposition. The President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)…
