The fall of Credit Suisse has dealt a serious blow to Switzerland’s credentials as the world’s leading wealth management centre, experts warn, calling into question its reputation for stability, regulation…
European Union countries are currently mulling what to do if their strategic neighbour Switzerland bows out of an agreement on freedom of movement with the bloc, a move which could…
Investors are hopeful that US-China trade talks this weekend will cool a trade war between the world’s two largest economies and dispel some of the uncertainty clouding financial markets, though…
The President of Pakistan issued Tax Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, published in The Gazette of Pakistan on May 2, 2025, made effective at once. Presidential Ordinance No. IV of 2025…
Successive governments in Pakistan have begun their respective tenures with lofty policies aimed at good governance, poverty eradication, universal literacy and the provision of healthcare and other basic services. Any…
Why is the fiat currency-led, debt-driven global financial system teetering on the edge of collapse (fiat currency is government-issued ‘money’ that has no intrinsic value and is not backed by…
The establishment of a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies in Pakistan necessitates a structured and phased approach. The first article of this series explored the initial step of defining cryptocurrencies and…
THE recent in-camera civil-military huddle at Parliament House once again unfolded three conceptual cleavages that have rent apart the polity. One, the establishment continues to seek stability through a ‘hard state’, or…
The history of the Left in Pakistan has been riddled with divisions, factionalism and ideological sectarianism. And it is not only in Pakistan where such divisions emerge from time to…
In a move that has sent shockwaves through the globe, President Trump’s administration has launched a sweeping new wave of reciprocal tariffs — a policy shift announced on ‘Liberation Day’…
