Inflation in Pakistan has shown notable moderation in the early months of FY26, offering policymakers a degree of relief after several years of severe price instability. According to official data, headline inflation has remained within the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) medium-term target range of 5-7% during July-November FY26. This marks a significant departure from […]
The debate on the economic structure and its consequences for the balance-of-payments crisis has become ever more prevalent as imports start increasing, subsequently leading to a higher trade deficit. Policymakers often start to panic as calls are made to curtail imports. Several key studies on the topic have highlighted low productivity, the inability to accumulate […]
China’s merchandise trade surplus surged by $111.7 billion in November, reaching an impressive $1.08 trillion for the first 11 months of the year, a 22.1% increase compared to the same period of last year, according to official data. Western media has described the massive trade surplus as “remarkable,” but also warned that it could be […]
On the global stage, human statues are performance artists who usually stand motionless at city centres for purposes of arts and entertainment. But this trend, cloaked under the guise of street performance, has been exported to Pakistan and particularly Karachi in borderline abusive conditions. At various junctions across the city, you can spot children acting […]
By using the faculty of reasoning, man tries and understands the phenomena around him. The serendipitous understanding is, however, wholly subjective to the extent that whenever his subjective findings are challenged by someone with equally subjective knowledge, the evolutionary battle for intellectual superiority ensues. Argument in its end result either converts subjectivity into objectivity or […]
For Pakistan, the 1971 War was an unequal contest in the face of heavy odds, missed opportunities and unrealised objectives. Faced with a full-blown insurgency in East Pakistan, the beleaguered Pakistan Army braved the attacks of the Mukti Bahni insurgents, actively supported by Indian army from secure bases inside West Bengal. Indian government led by […]
I have drawn upon this account from the memoirs on which I am working these days because of its relevance for the times through which Pakistan is currently passing. In November 1996, I received a call from then President of Pakistan, Farooq Leghari, who I had become good friends with while both of us were […]
The recent tragic case of femicide in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighbourhood – wherein three women including a mother, a daughter and a daughter-in-law were found dead in their flat after what police said consuming poisonous drink given by none other than their family head – highlights the disturbing state of growing social decay. Police investigation has […]
Security forces killed nine terrorists belonging to the Indian-sponsored proxy group Fitna al Khawarij in two separate engagements in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media wing said in a statement. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intelligence-based operation was conducted by security forces in Dera Ismail Khan District on December 19 following reports of Khawarij […]
The Winter Solstice has started in many parts of the world, as the planet observes the shortest night on December 21, with the following day being the longest of the year. The official solstice began at 8:03 PM Pakistani time, as the solstice can vary between December 20 and 23 each year. This year, the […]