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…
Global property markets, rattled by the steepest rise in interest rates in a generation, will get little relief from the gradual easing of borrowing costs, with scant hope of a…
I contested the last general elections from what many refer to as a rural community. It is a place where government services, such that exist in the country, are hard…
WHILE boasting that the country has not defaulted, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar revealed that the government was negotiating the restructuring of external debts. This leaves us wondering about his chest-thumping claim that…
A BACKDROP to this column appeared in my last op-ed article (‘Pregnant, before the flood’) published on these pages on Oct 7. The vulnerable need affirmative action during emergencies. Women…
BALOCHISTAN is on the boil again and precious lives continue to be lost in the province, with little or no acknowledgement that the so-called iron-hand policy being pursued there since…
FINANCING a sustainable and resilient economy is not an option for Pakistan, but a critical step that is integral to the country’s just, inclusive, and safe future. This requires transforming…
A FORMER prime minister, a former finance minister and a former senator walked into a crowded hall to reimagine, rather than simply imagine à la John Lennon. It is perhaps…
SO, the Holocaust is to be taught in school in the UAE. Why not? After all, ignoring the calamities of the blood-drenched post-Balfour Declaration era, Jews and Arabs have throughout…
