Price of self-imposed regional isolation
Pakistan is perhaps one of the few luckiest countries in the world as two of its closest neighbours - China and India - are leading what is called the Asian…
The one simple thing Hillary could do (but won’t)
Panic is seeping into Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid. Her recent lead of more than 10 points over Donald Trump has withered to 1.5 percent. There are many reasons why she…
Headed for a Greece-like fate?
The US House of Representatives rejected two amendments seeking a $200 million cut in the $900 million Coalition Support Fund allocation for Pakistan in the Defence Appropriations Act for fiscal…
Jaguar Land Rover could face 1 billion pound Brexit hit
Jaguar Land Rover, Britain's biggest carmaker, estimates its annual profit could be cut by 1 billion pounds ($1.47 billion) by the end of the decade if Britain leaves the European…
The CPEC
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has two main components: the corridor and the projects. The corridor component is roughly $11 billion, or 25 percent of the total, and the projects…
Ending AIDS
The Aids epidemic has defined the global health agenda for an entire generation. The first Aids*-related deaths were diagnosed 35 years ago and HIV rapidly became a global crisis. The…
CPEC: A game changer across the continents
Besides India it is the UK which is not feeling comfortable with China-Pakistan Economic Corridor-based growing relationships. Background interaction with UK policy makers in Islamabad and elsewhere has revealed that…
‘Brump’ or ‘Trexit’? Markets may conflate year’s biggest risks
Even though market myopia is often used to explain why investors appear to be ignoring November's US presidential election while trading furiously around this month's vote on Britain leaving the…
The wailing manufacturing sector
It is almost pathetic. On a regular basis we see in the Press some kind of an SOS from one group of manufacturers or another. We have no idea what…
Our housing crisis
The purpose of this article is to outline the magnitude of Pakistan's burgeoning housing crisis caused by population growth, rapid urbanisation, and the resulting mushrooming of slums in large cities…
