What’s Next for the SCO By Nasim Haider
The 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit has brought Pakistan much closer to China and Russia as it seeks regional …
Read MoreClearing The Air Around CPEC By Ikram Sehgal
The One Belt One Road (OBOR) Initiative launched by China’s Xi Jinping aims to recreate the legendary Silk Road. A …
Read MoreAmerica Must Choose Between a Trade War or a North Korea Deal By Lyle J. Goldstein
Most would agree with the general proposition that the United States-China relationship, at this particular juncture of history, is the …
Read MoreFinancial Fate on the Line | Editorial
FATF decision on Pakistan ‘grey’ listing It is touch and go, something too close for call. The three-month reprieve period …
Read MoreRoad to ASEAN By M Nawaz Khan
PAKISTAN has been looking eastward as well as westward for cooperation and security for political, economic opportunities and market access. …
Read MoreWill China’s SCO fix Asia’s Problems? By Huma Rehman
The Central and South Asian region has been labelled the most fragile region in the world, presenting similar patterns of …
Read MoreOur Economy: The Troubles Are Real By Mohiuddin Aazim
PAKISTAN’S external sector troubles refuse to go away while the world watches everything and takes decisions accordingly. The recent downgrading …
Read MoreDriving The World Towards a Trade War By Shahid Javed Burki
In its 1993 report on what it called East Asia’s “miracle economies,” the World Bank identified two reasons for the …
Read MoreEconomic Outlook | Editorial
Not so positive anymore With Moody’s downgrading Pakistan’s outlook to negative, the current account deficit bloating to $6b, the rupee …
Read MoreKilling the World Trade Organisation By Ali Tahir
The Made in China 2025 (MC2025) initiative is aimed at making China self-sufficient in a wide array of products, military …
Read MoreDeeper into the Economic Quicksand By Dr Moonis Ahmar
Many alarmed voices have pointed out the steady erosion of Pakistan’s economy as a grave existential threat. In the first …
Read MoreChina and US — Playing tit for tat By Ali Salman Andani
Finally, White House has confirmed the imposition of 25 percent tariffs on $50 billion worth of imports from China. China …
Read MoreRupee’s Devaluation – An Analysis By Dr Kamal Monnoo
Pakistani Rupee (PRs) has been tumbling over the last few weeks, ending at almost 124 (to a US Dollar) in …
Read MoreCPEC: Beyond Infrastructure By Hasaan Khawar
Recently, I came across a very interesting research undertaken by a private sector firm that ranked the 67 Belt and …
Read MoreBlack money, taxes and amnesties | Dr Ikramul Haq
Efforts to tackle the twin menaces of black money and tax evasion have always failed in Pakistan. Numerous amnesty schemes …
Read MoreSino-US Trade War | Editorial
TRADE war between the two biggest economies of the world — the US and China — has already started showing …
Read MoreAn unreliable US leaves the door open to Beijing | Editorial
This has been a momentous week in global affairs, with the raucous G7 summit, the meeting between the US president …
Read MoreCurrency Devaluation | Editorial
Pakistan’s central bank has devalued the rupee. For the third time since December. Yet even before this week’s latest move, …
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