ISLAMAMABAD/KARACHI – As an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission gears up for its arrival in the last week of February 2026, Islamabad finds itself in an unusually...
At the beginning of 2026, Pakistan stands at one of the most consequential economic crossroads in its 78-year history. The Ministry of Finance’s Budget Call Circular...
A delicate power play unfolds as Pakistan’s proposed electricity tariff reforms face IMF scrutiny, promising industrial relief while threatening household budgets The dance between economic necessity...
The New Cartography of Global Financial Stress As the story unfolds …On a frigid January morning in Buenos Aires, street vendor Marta Gómez watches the peso’s...
A Strategic Analysis of Critical Minerals Geopolitics It is a significant geopolitical maneuver that signals Washington’s intensifying competition with Beijing over critical mineral supplies, the United...
As Islamabad takes the helm of the DCO in 2026, the world watches to see whether this coalition can bridge the widening digital divide—or simply become...
The numbers defy precedent: Rs6.213 trillion recovered in a single year by Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau—a figure that eclipses the institution’s entire haul across its first...
On a balmy December afternoon in Karachi’s money exchange district, the electronic tickers flash a reassuring message: remittances hit $3.2 billion in November 2025, up 9.4%...
The Pakistani rupee edged marginally higher against the US dollar in inter-bank trading on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, settling at 279.75—a modest gain of 0.01 rupee....
KARACHI — In the sun-drenched cotton fields of southern Punjab, a farmer named Bashir holds a cheap Android smartphone. He doesn’t type; he doesn’t know how....