Beyond banking, sowing change
Pakistan’s agricultural sector, the cornerstone of rural livelihood and national food security, is teetering on the edge of a historic precipice. Despite its sectorial contribution of approximately 24 per cent…
Milk bank project
PAKISTAN’S Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) finally opened the door to human milk banks in Sindh by endorsing the idea in principle but directing it move forward only under strict,…
UAE presses Netanyahu to back Trump Gaza plan, warns against West Bank annexation
The UAE is pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace proposal at their meeting later on Monday and to abandon any plan to annex…
Mantra of central bank independence shaken by Trump moves on Fed
US President Donald Trump’s attacks on Federal Reserve policymakers are emerging as the biggest threat in decades to central bank independence, which is widely seen as key to keeping down…
World’s central bankers fear being caught in Fed’s storm
Global central bankers gathered at a US mountain resort over the weekend are starting to fear that the political storm surrounding the Federal Reserve may engulf them too. US President…
Don’t bank on it
‘MONEY in the bank’ does not have the same meaning in Pakistan. There is such all-around uncertainty in the air that even money under the pillow cannot be considered yours…
Newly developed MDCAT question bank inaugurated
Federal Minister for National Health Services Syed Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday inaugurated the newly developed Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) Question Bank at the Pakistan Medical and Dental…
Bank of England poised to slow QT after rise in yields
The Bank of England is expected to soon slow the pace at which it shrinks its 558 billion-pound ($754 billion) holdings of government bonds, and economists hope next week will…
Green banking
MUCH of the country was submerged in the monsoon-induced floods of 2011, and again in 2022 — and with them, so was the illusion that climate change was a distant…
