The crypto clock is ticking
They say the law moves slowly, but the world doesn’t wait. Pakistan’s slow adaptation to emerging technologies has contributed to delayed progress, often leaving the country behind in a rapidly…
Balochistan as partner
Balochistan’s isolation is not only geographic or developmental but rooted in questions of power and sovereignty. The province faces an armed separatist movement that seeks not reform, but secession, and…
Tariffs caused US Treasury market dislocations, raising longer term concerns
The searing selloff in Treasuries this week in response to tariffs caused dislocations in the world’s biggest bond market, as hedge funds unwound some debt-fuelled bets and investors raised concerns…
Tariffs caused US Treasury market dislocations, raising longer term concerns
The searing selloff in Treasuries this week in response to tariffs caused dislocations in the world’s biggest bond market, as hedge funds unwound some debt-fuelled bets and investors raised concerns…
Balochistan’s tipping point
Balochistan is not a fringe story. It is the litmus test for Pakistan’s democracy, justice and national cohesion. Sprawling across nearly half of the country’s landmass, rich in copper, gold,…
Digital deadlock
Pakistan’s journey towards digitisation, characterised by ambitious policies and bold aspirations, remains constrained by weak implementation, inconsistent political commitment and inadequate financial backing. Over the past decade, frameworks such as…
Development gap of Balochistan
The province of Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan in terms of area. It has an area of 347,190 sq.kms, equivalent to 43.6% of the total geographical area of…
Baloch imbroglio
IT’S always troubling when relatively peaceful protests incur a violent response from governments that claim to be combating terrorism. Back in the early 2000s, the Musharraf regime, in its futile…
For Musk’s Starlink, India approval could unlock emerging markets
As Starlink nears regulatory approval in India for satellite broadband services, analysts say a victory there could pave a road into more emerging markets and boost the company’s ambitions to…
Punjab’s local government limbo
Local governments in Pakistan function [or dysfunction] under their respective provincial frameworks as Article 140-A of the constitution of Pakistan requires each province to establish a local government system. It…
