Citing foreign media to prove performance!
The political atmosphere in the country during the past week has manifested itself in the economy as a major fall in the stock exchanges. Reports indicate that the Karachi Stock…
Hard state, Sharifs’ foreign visits
BALOCHISTAN is on the boil with increased militant activity targeting the state and the non-Baloch, coupled with protests across the province pressing for political and economic rights and justice. It…
Foreign policy dilemmas
A NUMBER of foreign policy challenges lie ahead for Pakistan in 2025. They have to be met in an unstable global environment of mounting geopolitical tensions, intense US-China competition, preoccupation of…
Foreign policy adrift
CHARACTERISED by drift, Pakistan’s foreign policy appears to be rudderless. It has neither clarity nor coherence to meet complex regional and international challenges or respond to fast-moving global developments. Lacking…
Two candidates, two foreign policies
The United States of America is in a tight presidential election. And tight elections are usually hard to predict. Yet one outcome is evident. Whoever wins, the country will remain…
Foreign policy under Trump 2.0
WHAT will US foreign policy look like under Donald Trump 2.0? Governments and people across the world have already started assessing this as the former president appears increasingly likely to…
Foreign lenders lured by rare stake sales in India banks, but tighter rules weigh
Talks to sell majority stakes in two Indian banks have attracted interest from foreign peers in Japan and the Middle East betting on a fast-growing economy, but tighter regulations and…
Foreign policy choices
DESPITE the high quality of its diplomats, Pakistan’s diplomacy has fallen on hard times. The country has long been in a state of crisis. And a troubled domestic front undermines…
Barrier to foreign investment
THE words “to attract investments from friendly countries in identified sectors through an empowered organisation that serves as a ‘single-window’ platform for facilitation, and to improve the ease of doing…
Foreign policy test ahead
WITH general elections expected in autumn, the next government will have to deal with a slew of key foreign policy issues. This at a time when the world is in…
