Opinion

Who will win?

This is genuinely one of the hardest questions in current geopolitics. The purely military balance pits $8 billion against $800…

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How the state prices out growth

Pakistan’s growth failure is often explained away through familiar cliches: low productivity, weak exports, lack of innovation, or insufficient entrepreneurship.…

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Pakistan’s contrarian economics

Pakistan is almost always discussed in the language of crisis. Every indicator is read as proof of failure. The public…

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American intervention in Iran: A new test for Islamic world

Iran’s nuclear program, combined with concerns over Israel’s security, anxiety among Gulf nations and America’s dominance, has pushed the region…

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Pakistan’s Youth in Trouble

YES AND NO? It is not the government’s job to give jobs to youth, whereas unemployment hits youth. There’s an…

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Pasni Port: Pakistan’s Strategic Counterbalance in the Geopolitical

Pasni, a peripheral town in Balochistan that has entered the international news, has more to offer than serene plains, Makran's…

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Can CPEC’s promise endure amid Gwadar’s quiet stalls and unfinished roads?

After facing a spate of headwinds over the last ten years, challenges are far from over for the China-Pakistan Economic…

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Whistleblowing and accountability

The ultimate dream of any law-abiding citizen is to live their life with fairness, dignity, and integrity. These are reasonable…

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Pakistan in an AI world

In 2015, a small gathering in San Francisco made a decision that barely registered in the global media cycle. There…

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Pakistan in the new trade order

Trade diplomacy today is being redefined — driven less by textbook economic theory and more by the instinct to protect…

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