The death of former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani deprives Iran's reformers of a powerful ally, boosting anti-Western hard-liners before a presidential election which will determine how open Tehran is…
A while ago Thomas Piketty's book, "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" took the world by a storm; if memory serves correctly it was initially acclaimed as the economic book of…
We have taken on debt and continue to take on more so recklessly that it is now getting to be beyond our power to service. The old legend used to…
Britain's vote to leave the European Union and the rise of US presidential nominee Donald Trump have paralysed efforts by Western governments to encourage already highly reluctant international banks to…
Last week witnessed some events which will have far-reaching consequences for the integrity of the state. While the parliament finally passed the Anti-Money Laundering Bill, a NAB court honourably acquitted…
Can Pakistan play a meaningful mediatory role in ironing out Arab-Iranian rift? For a country to undertake a mediatory mission it must have strong credentials with effective diplomacy, robust economy…
Of late, some irritants had developed in Pakistan-Iran relations which have coincided with domestic, regional and international factors. In past October/November, border violations and cross-border firing on Balochistan-Seistan border together…
Pakistan will have the next tranche released under the 6.64 billion dollar Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and that reflects the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) continued engagement (in contrast to complete…
Iranians will demand their government spend a windfall from the lifting of economic sanctions on improving the quality of life at home, limiting the degree to which a future nuclear…
“And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.” This is the…
