The State Bank of Pakistan’s new restrictions on individual dollar purchases have triggered predictable debate within financial circles, business communities and ordinary households alike. While the central bank insists these…
In the last quarter of 2025, China is quietly showing signs that it is turning a corner on one of its most daunting economic challenges: youth unemployment. The National Bureau…
Comrade Xi must’ve chuckled watching the Capitol shutdown from Beijing. What better advert for yuan-denominated stability than a Washington paralysed by its own budget? What more could the renminbi ask…
The past week in China was a carefully orchestrated demonstration of power, ambition, and intent. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State Summit in Tianjin was swiftly followed by…
Investors are backing out of or taking active bets against high-priced corporate credit, where they anticipate a correction in response to signs of slowing economic growth that could eventually impact…
AMERICA’S Operation Midnight Hammer, targeting three nuclear facilities in Iran, saw two unhinged nuclear weapons states jointly attacking one that had shunned the bomb by a religious edict. Was it then…
When Abubakr Yusufi boarded a flight to Moscow in July, he thought he wouldn’t be home for years. The 23-year-old from a small village in Tajikistan hoped to join his…
As Pakistan celebrates a decade since the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was launched this year, the country found another immediate reason to celebrate its ties to its ‘iron brother’. Last week’s…
TO reassemble the origins of Pakistan, one needs time, money and luck. Collectors of deltiology (the study and collection of postcards) need all three to make sense of Pakistan’s jigsaw…
Donald Trump’s tariff threats have rattled foreign businesses and governments, with many fearing it could signal the opening salvo of an all-out trade war when he returns to the White…
