China’s year-end Central Economic Work Conference (CEWC) has laid out a calm, coherent and forward-looking economic roadmap for 2026, underscoring policy continuity and institutional confidence at a moment of global volatility. Meeting in Beijing, China’s top leadership said the country is entering the first year of the 15th Five-Year Plan with a deliberate focus on […]
As the federal and provincial governments approach the 11th National Finance Commission (NFC) award, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is not seeking favour; it is demanding fairness. The province has absorbed the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), carried the burden of protracted conflict and inherited widespread underdevelopment. That its share in the divisible pool remains tethered to a […]