Political toll on women
With the ongoing political developments, constitutional crisis, and judicial intervention, ever wonder how severely this impacts the women of Pakistan? Certainly, the former federal minister for human rights does not…
High FCAs can be eliminated if there is political will
Sector experts are of the view that if power plants in the country were prioritized to be the recipients of natural gas ahead of all other sectors, as per the…
Is it geopolitical pressure?
This past weekend, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) hosted the Shangri La Dialogue – the Asia security summit it hosts in Singapore each year and has been doing…
Crisis of political imagination
It keeps us on our toes to defend the fortress of morality and keep the power of a shrewd politician far away from us. It keeps us engaged in a…
Brace for impact
The Supreme Court’s decision to abandon 50 years of judicial precedent on a woman’s constitutional right to abortion is sending gigantic shock waves across the nation and through the legal…
Wanted: political stability
A long-awaited IMF Staff-Level Agreement (SLA) is finally done with. However, anxiety — especially in currency and international sovereign bond markets — is not yet over. The reversal in yields…
FATF and its impact on country’s economy
Pakistan has gone through so many challenges and adversaries in its relatively short life span of 75 years that it is not only remarkable, but it shows its resiliency and…
Economic growth amid political instability
Political instability is a serious impediment to economic progress. Not only does it shorten policymakers’ horizons leading to suboptimal short term macroeconomic policies, but it is also the cause of…
The political battlefield
Last week, crucial economic and political decisions took place in London. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) within the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was getting cold feet. The party leadership probably had…
Economic impact of war in Ukraine
The world was already seeing a severe onslaught of commodity supply-driven inflationary pressures in the wake of the pandemic, and the war in Ukraine by Russia will likely to exacerbate…
