Realizing Pakistan’s potential
Seventy-five years seems like a long time. Three generations of a family. Time for so much to be achieved – or to be lost. And while the present seems overcast,…
Hope in times of crisis
It is a given that crises bring nations together. Not here. Not now. In fact, we appear to be more divided than ever before, and the reasons may not be…
Tackling the energy crisis
An unprecedented energy crisis has gripped Pakistan. A supply crunch and an increase in energy prices have put persistent pressure on the economy, hurting the people. For the sake of…
Saudi, UAE save oil firepower in case of winter supply crisis
OPEC leaders Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates stand ready to deliver a “significant increase” in oil output should the world face a severe supply crisis this winter, sources…
Crisis slide
GAME theory is described as “a branch of applied mathematics that provides tools for analysing situations in which parties, called players, make decisions that are interdependent. This interdependence causes each…
How to solve the debt crisis
A previous article (Real clear economics, BR, 24 Mar 2022) pointed out that governments of Pakistan have borrowed far more than the people, as ultimate borrowers, can feasibly repay. This…
US or Russia? Ukraine crisis poses dilemma for wealthy Gulf
Choosing sides in Ukraine’s crisis would have once been easy for Gulf states long protected by the US, but growing ties with Moscow are forcing them to strike a balance.…
Aviation fears grow over Russia fallout from Ukraine crisis
Airlines and the leasing companies that control billions of dollars’ worth of passenger jets are drawing up contingency plans for a freeze in business with Russia if the standoff on…
Global economic crisis and Neoliberalism
‘The global multilateral economic system has been stress tested twice this century. The first time was with the 2008 global economic meltdown; the second – with the COVID-19 pandemic. And…
Ukraine crisis another nudge for joint EU bonds
The path to permanent joint bond sales by euro zone governments will be long and bumpy, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may have helped clear the way. The conflict has…
