Thai-Cambodia clashes spread along frontier as death toll rises
Thailand and Cambodia pounded each other with heavy artillery fire for a third day on Saturday, as a border conflict that killed at least 33 people and displaced more than…
Justice without jurisprudence
If the sheer number of accountability offices were proof of justice, Pakistan might look like one of the best-governed countries in the world. From the Wafaqi Mohtasib to FOSPAH, from…
Mispricing the volatility regime?
That’s the market’s dilemma with Trump’s second coming. While some optimistic investors may still dream of a “Trump put” redux, the man clearly isn’t reading from the same script. His…
Stolen spring
AROUND the world, spring brings with it a mild sun and flowers in bloom. But in Karachi, in fact in much of Pakistan, the reality of a false spring is…
Extreme weather, suburban sprawl fuel LA’s wildfires
A prolonged dry spell combined with strong winds has created the “perfect conditions” for Los Angeles wildfires to rage out of control, even though experts say it’s too soon to…
Investors expect market selloff will slow, stretch and spread
This week’s huge selloff in global markets, triggered by an unwinding of yen-funded trades, is far from over and could eventually spread to credit markets, impair some banks and possibly…
