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Correcting perceptions about MSCI downgrade

Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) index was downgraded from Emerging Market to Frontier Market recently by MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International). Some people are linking this subject to the state of…

Palestine: To be or not to be

“Courage is a heavy gift to carry, Francisca Albanese UN Special Repertoire says, “but not as heavy as 13,000 small coffins weighing on our conscience”. Do the colonizers with settler-colonial…

Flood alert

“WITH malice towards none” and “justice for all” are justly among the best remembered phrases of the second inaugural address by America’s first Republican president, just weeks before he was…

Language tyranny

SINCE an education emergency was declared in Pakistan — for the second time — education has entered the public discourse with a bang. Seminars are being held frequently while the…

Pakistan, Islam & education

WHEN a patient’s condition turns critical, doctors often say it is time for dua (prayer) more than dawa (medicine or treatment). Current Pakistani conversations across all classes about the state…

Diplomacy deficit

PAEANS to Joe Biden’s diplomatic skills have been flowing since the fruition of a prisoner exchange between Russia and the West. The deal apparently took years to negotiate. From a…

Barbarians in our midst

Every week, there is an inner dialogue in my head about the column that I write. It usually becomes difficult to find a subject that is not too depressing. As…

The future of the dollar

The prolonged Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Middle East crisis have resulted in a radical shift in the global landscape, one that is resonating across economic, geopolitical, and cultural realms. Among…