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2025: Economic challenges meeting political crossroads

2024 was a year of economic stabilization for Pakistan. Inflation plummeted, the exchange rate showed marginal improvement, and interest rates were nearly halved. However, employment creation and economic growth remained…

IMF programme delay adding to uncertainty

There is growing unease due to delays in the IMF board approval. The Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) was reached in mid-July, with earlier expectations for board approval in mid-September. While the…

G-to-G privatisation: no cakewalk

One key sales pitch that the powers that be are making on taking the Pakistan’s economy from the perpetual balance of payment crisis is seeking Government to Government (G-to-G) investment…

Re-build forward

It seems to be working. The unprecedented increase in fuel prices has forced some people to move away from private vehicles and switch to public transport, especially in cities like…

Politics And Alliances

Politics and alliances

The sombre nights of Islamabad these days may herald yet another era of political pessimism, deals and intrigues. The dull capital could soon be animated by the political hullaballoo of…

Karachi’s water challenge

WATER-STARVED Karachiites, do you know who James Strachan was? Appointed chief engineer and secretary of Karachi municipality in 1873, it was his genius that made Karachi into one of the…

And Accountability For All

And accountability for all

There couldn’t have been a better gift to the nation than putting Shahbaz Sharif behind bars, as the all-time neat and clean government completed its first fifty days in office.…

Strategic Thinking

Strategic thinking

The recent spat between India and Pakistan at the Heart of Asia Conference in Amritsar reflects the state of India-Pakistan relations at a time when tectonic shifts are taking place…

Hijab And Fashion

Hijab and fashion

A little over a month ago, history was made at the New York Fashion Week. An Indonesian fashion designer named Anniesa Hasibuan became the first Indonesian designer invited to participate…