Business Recorder introduced me to Ghulam Kibria, whom, not long after introduction, I started addressing 'Bhai Sahib', an address - no one shared with me. Writing, basically on accounting and finance…
The European Commission is raising $20 billion to construct four “AI gigafactories” as part of Europe’s strategy to catch up with the US and China on artificial intelligence, but some…
In today’s knowledge-driven economy, a nation’s ability to compete in a knowledge-intensive global marketplace hinges on its capacity to access and assimilate external knowledge, particularly technological knowledge, adapt it to…
I was amazed to discover the profound lack of understanding surrounding the footprint and performance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Pakistan upon joining the government. This glaring absence of data…
PAKISTAN experienced severe monsoon downpours in July, August and September this year. There is now little doubt that the extreme rainfall was because of climate change, with the same being confirmed by…
Profit margins for diesel are slumping as new refineries boost supplies and as mild weather in the northern hemisphere and slow economic activity eat into demand, putting oil prices under…
With just four years before the Philippines’ only gas field is set to run dry, the country has started importing liquefied natural gas (LNG), creating a fresh headache for a…
Even as they wrestle with industrial problems preventing the delivery of jets sold before the pandemic, Airbus and Boeing are totting up billions of dollars of new orders stretching beyond…
The good news is that two hydrogen initiatives have been announced in Pakistan recently; one by NEECA and the other by petroleum industry. NEECA (National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority)…
Throwing Molotov cocktails (petrol bombs) at the police and in return tear-gassed and water-cannoned with, as is the norm all over the world, protesters are claiming much larger numbers than…
