Rising Kashagan output weighs on Kazakhstan’s CPC oil price
One of the world's fastest growing crude streams, Kazakhstan's CPC, is battling to find new buyers in a market saturated with light grades and with core European customers reluctant to…
The case for a constitutional court
Parliamentary legislative competence is the authority of a parliament to amend or repeal laws and the constitution. Under Article 239, Pakistan’s parliament can alter the constitution with a two-thirds majority.…
IPPs: currents of discontent
With the recent increase in electricity tariffs, there is renewed debate over the rationality of capacity payment charges (CPC) to independent power producers (IPPs). Previously, only a few voices raised…
Justice beyond the courtroom
A father plays with his two children in one of the two freshly mowed lawns between the grey structures of the main building and the Chief Justice Complex of the…
Do we need a Charter for Change?
In public policy literature, ‘policy silos’ describe the phenomenon where policies are developed in isolation from other policy areas and without coordination. This term highlights the negative consequences of fragmented…
Energy traders, shippers grapple with Red Sea fallout
To avoid the Red Sea, the supertanker Grand Bonanza set out early this month on a roughly 40-day journey carrying 1.8 million barrels of Abu Dhabi crude for TotalEnergies from…
The strongest of ties
The Communist Party of China deserves credit for not only changing its approach according to the needs and demands of the changing times, but also aligning the thinking of its…
An ironclad friendship
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and China’s neighbourhood policy of amity, sincerity, mutual benefit and inclusiveness -- both proposed by President Xi…
Back from the brink
The Stand-by Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pulled the country back from the brink of default. The SBA gives Pakistan some breathing space for the needed…
Modernization in China
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has proposed advancing the progress of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization. In…
