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Iran shrugs off Israel strikes, showing restraint

After Israel’s deadly strikes, Iran lauded its defences while media outlets dismissed the assault as “weak”, signalling what analysts say is the Islamic republic’s reluctance to escalate further. Saturday’s Israeli…

Climate finance billions at stake at COP29

Rich countries will be under pressure at next month’s UN COP29 conference to increase by hundreds of billions of dollars how much money they give to poorer countries as “climate…

Myth defeats market

First, the ‘good news!’: Pakistan’s recent loss of a $20 million export contract to Sudan is not just a financial setback but a significant blow to its economy. This lucrative…

Why financial markets matter

A well-developed financial system comprising dynamic capital markets and a robust banking sector is considered a critical driver of investment, productivity, and sustainable economic growth. Here, I discuss how the…

Take school to the child

PAKISTAN is in the midst of a critical education crisis, with over 22.8 million children aged five to 16 years out of school, placing it second only to Nigeria in…

‘Here, take this’

THE provenance of the gesture, ‘lanat’, can be traced back to ancient Greece. That the moutza or faskeloma, a gesture of disgust and condemnation, should survive many millennia and still…

Weaker but still lethal

THE return of Narendra Modi as prime minister for a third term was foretold, but many doubted a landslide victory for his party. While they may be correct, he is still on…

Stateless workers

OF the 79 miners who have died since Jan 1, 2024, in Pakistan’s deadly coal mines, not a single one was registered with the EOBI. They were all born as…

The plot sickens

REALITY TV shows are my on/ off guilty pleasure. I should be more embarrassed to admit this, but here we are. It began with a curiosity for The Kardashians and…

Domestic workers

ON assuming power after his landslide victory in West Pakistan in the 1970 elections, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto introduced five labour welfare laws and brought in amendments in other laws applicable…