Level of external inflows
The level of external inflows into Pakistan is of vital importance in ensuring a ‘safe’ level of foreign exchange reserves and ensuring relative stability in the value of the rupee.…
Claiming attacks
TERRORISM is aimed not only at inflicting damage, but also gaining attention. After every incident, ordinary citizens, the media and investigators look for someone to hold responsible. By claiming responsibility,…
The big solution?
MY forays into the annals of Islamic finance history often take me to new places. I walk through the arched domes, the cobbled streets with the minarets on the horizon…
Fighting terrorism
COMPREHENDING the nature of a terrorist threat is essential for countering or physically eliminating it, as well as for preventing its recurrence. A terrorist threat comes from a complex system…
Capital suggestion: East or West?
Fact 1: As of July 12, the State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP) net liquid foreign exchange reserves stood at $9.4 billion. Fact 2: Over the next five years, our gross…
Terror tide
In recent years, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) has increasingly become a problem in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and the number of targeted attacks on law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) and civilians…
Full reserve banking: Part – I
Pakistan’s significant debt servicing problem can be resolved through full reserve banking, eliminating high inflation, huge government domestic government debt, and interest costs. Full reserve banking represents a transformative shift…
Need for standard Shariah stock screening criteria
The act of narrowing down the universe of all potential stocks to a selected group of equities that meet the requirements of a certain investment strategy is known as stock…
Iranian and Hezbollah commanders help direct Houthi attacks in Yemen
DUBAI: Commanders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Lebanon’s Hezbollah group are on the ground in Yemen helping to direct and oversee Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping,…
The finance question
With COP28 only three months away, there is much noise in the climate finance arena. The landmark Africa climate summit (Sep 4-6) along with the ‘Africa Climate Week’ recently concluded…
