Opinion

A budget of small fixes

The health of an economy is reflected in a multitude of statistics, not all of which move in the same…

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Sindh’s development paradox: Why Pakistan’s most resource-rich province remains left behind?

Sindh is Pakistan’s second-largest province by population and one of the country’s most important economic regions. It hosts Karachi, the…

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President Xi Jinping in Pyongyang: China’s Strategic Return to the Korean Peninsula

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to North Korea after seven years is far more than a routine diplomatic engagement. The…

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It’s a new world

The US-Israel attack on Iran has accelerated the collapse of an international order that had already begun to fracture under…

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The age of voting

Democracy means the participation of people in the formation of their government and the right to vote is directly connected…

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Message from the Economic Survey

Pakistan’s Economic Survey released yesterday gives the government a defensible claim. The federal budget for outgoing fiscal year helped move…

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A stable crisis

Pakistan’s economy has stabilised. Its people have not. Inflation has eased, reserves have improved modestly, another IMF tranche has arrived…

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Hostage economy: The business of human desperation

The call no parent wants to receive I was in a meeting when my 20-year-old daughter started to call me…

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The budget opportunity in FY27

THERE are rare moments in the life of a nation when convention, circumstance and law point in the same direction.…

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Where the tax cut lands

Ask any salaried Pakistani what the budget means to them, and the answer is rarely about deficits or current accounts.…

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