The reality of foreign assistance
IN the modern age, no country can flourish in isolation. They have to trade: whether for fuel, technology, labour, etc. Pakistan wants to import much, but has limited competitive goods…
Countering financial crimes
In recent days, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has taken many steps to enforce internal accountability mechanism to uproot corruption/malpractices within the organisation. The steps like making Chief Commissioners as…
Digital currency can make the financial system safer—II
The Bank of International Settlements in its own studies discovered that at least one-fifth of the world’s population will use digital currencies within the next three years. This clearly shows…
Some thoughts on improving global financial governance
Globalization has recently come under attack for having given rise to excessive nationalism and protectionism. Excessive nationalism and protectionism carry the potential to hamper global economic recovery. For this reason,…
Towards financial integration
In the recent years, the world has been witnessing an unprecedented increase in financial globalisation and international capital flows among developed countries and between the advanced countries and the emerging…
After a year at war, Ukraine at financial breaking point
Bruised and battered after a year of armed conflict, Ukraine has been crippled by a combination of monetary, budgetary, industrial, banking and energy crises that could make it dependent on…
Crime and terrorism: Financial challenges – I
INTRODUCTION: This paper seeks to integrate the efforts made by individual group activity members while studying and analysing the manifold directions of money laundering and terrorist financing. The topics assigned…
Bracing for Belem
LIMITING global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels is the overarching aim of the 2015 Paris Agreement; breeching that limit would have disastrous consequences. Its five-year work…
Is this the end of the old order?
On April 16, 2025, the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a significant warning regarding the escalating trade tensions between the US and China, stating that these developments could have "severe…
Neo-colonialism and global agencies
In the context of the post-colonial world, numerous developing countries have operated under the assumption that the era of foreign domination has concluded. However, the advent of globalisation and the…
