Yen, BOJ’s rate policy may remain focus in Japan-US trade talks
Japan may have averted US pressure for a stronger yen in bilateral finance talks on Thursday, but a closer look at officials’ descriptions of the meeting suggests currencies and the…
Urgent need for deep economic policy thinking
China in the 1980s was quite similar to Pakistan in terms of economic orientation – mainly an agriculture sector, and one that was trying to industrialize, while keeping macroeconomic imbalance…
Politics of hate
THE Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) that stood the test of time for 65 years is under severe strain. Many things have changed since it was assiduously crafted with the help…
Policy promises
THE Council of Common Interests (CCI) while dousing interprovincial tensions over the planned Cholistan canal project, also underlined the need for a long-term solution to the use of water by all…
India’s polarising powder keg
A spectre of war now hovers over South Asia – and not only because of tanks on the Line of Control. In the wake of the April 22 terror ambush…
Modi madness at the third pole
India and Pakistan are at it again; exasperating a world pre-occupied with US tariffs, Ukraine and, occasionally, the Middle East. What the world cannot be indifferent to is the weaponising…
Aid-driven policies
RECENTLY, Dr Faisal Bari and a colleague published an insightful article in this paper (‘Evidence for policy’, Feb 14, 2025), raising a pertinent question: why is the vast amount of…
Geopolitics of dams
RECENTLY China has announced construction of the world’s largest dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. India has criticised Beijing’s initiative due to potential downstream impacts. This isn’t the only dam…
Pakistan’s final polio push
Pakistan’s journey toward polio eradication has been long andearduous, but it is a story of resilience, dedication, and unwavering commitment. Once a country with over 20,000 polio cases annually, Pakistan…
Protectionism as policy
President Donald Trump’s recent tariff policy is grounded in a fundamental misunderstanding of international trade economics, specifically the erroneous belief that bilateral trade deficits inherently represent unfair exploitation. Driven by…
