The scaffolding across the capital’s commercial zones has sat idle for months. On a sweltering Tuesday in early June 2026, property developer Tariq Mansoor stares at...
In the corridors of Islamabad’s Q Block, the mood is less about statecraft and more about pure financial survival. As the government finalises the federal budget...
The bond market vigilantes have awoken from a decade-long slumber. In London, Washington, and Tokyo, the cost of borrowing is no longer an abstract line item—it...
Pakistan’s benchmark index closes past 173,000 for the first time since January, as fertiliser giants, banks, and cement stocks ride a wave of US-Iran peace hopes...
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb heads to the National Assembly podium in early June carrying a budget that must simultaneously satisfy the IMF, comfort a salaried class...
The sun set on solar’s first act the moment the panels stopped producing. Now lithium batteries are writing the sequel — and it’s a far bigger...
On 28 February 2026, the first US-Israeli strikes on Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz to normal shipping. Within six weeks, Brent crude had recorded...
The KSE-100 hit 191,032 points in January 2026 — a record. By late May it’s trading around 163,000, bruised by an unexpected rate hike, Middle East...
The bills are coming due — and many developing nations are discovering they have almost no tools to pay them. In March 2026, the United Nations...
On the morning of March 6, 2026, Sohail Ahmed pulled his motorcycle into a petrol station in Karachi and watched the meter tick past 3,200 rupees....