The roots of terrorism
A Cursory analysis of the Start Global Terrorism Database reveals that over the past decade, Pakistan has had the highest number of terrorism-related deaths in the world. In fact, the death…
The IMF review: It’s all in the footnotes!
A few hours after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) uploaded the twelfth and final review under the 6.64 billion dollar Extended Fund Facility (EFF) on its website, mission leader Harald…
North Korea’s 200-day sanctions solution: mass mobilisation
Brexiteers belong to Britain. Britain used to be our colonial master and still rules our spiritual roost but how come our erstwhile owners could be so stupid and blind to…
Modi’s Achilles heel
Last week the subcontinent witnessed an unprecedented unfolding of saber rattling and beating of the war drums, in response to the September 18 Uri attacks on an Indian brigade camp.…
Rocky markets test the rise of amateur ‘algo’ traders
University student Spencer Singleton is among a growing band of amateurs turning to computer-driven automated stock trading - until now the preserve of hedge funds and mega brokers - and…
For banks, ECB policy experiment opens north-south divide
As the European Central Bank moves into an unfamiliar world of negative interest rates and incentives to encourage banks to make loans to businesses and consumers, a north-south divide is…
Indo-Pak tension: The CPEC factor
By linear logic, the India-Pak military crisis of September 18 was significantly eased mainly due to the nuclear deterrence between the two countries. The contention of this piece is that…
Need for financial reporting council
There is dire need to establish Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in Pakistan as an autonomous regulator to promote corporate governance and reporting to safeguard the interest of all stakeholders. The…
Modi’s challenge
In a speech last week in Kerala on the ongoing India-Pakistan spat on Kashmir, Narendra Modi hurled several challenges involving nation building and poverty alleviation at the people of Pakistan.…
Public debt management
When the present government started its term in June 2013, it inherited challenges like large fiscal deficit, rising debt burden, unfavourable balance of payments, low foreign exchange reserves, poor growth…
