Trump’s tariffs

US President Donald Trump did on Wednesday what he had said he would do, and impose a slew of tariffs on a...

Katlang incident

On the face of it, the Katlang operation on Saturday was straightforward. It was another intelligence-based operation, one of many that have...

Revenue shortfall

The Federal Board of Revenue failed to meet its revenue collection target for March. By Rs 100 billion, taking the total shortfall...

Power tariff jitters

The campaign to revisit the Power Purchase Agreements with the Independent Power Producers was supposed to be the backbone of the federal...

Terror in Balochistan

A bomb blast in Quetta, which killed three people, carried the signature of sectarian militants, while an attack on Gwadar-Karachi bus, with...

Terror in Balochistan

A bomb blast in Quetta, which killed three people, carried the signature of sectarian militants, while an attack on Gwadar-Karachi bus, with...

IMF stays on course

As expected, a staff-level agreement has been reached between the IMF and Pakistan, which should see the IMF Executive Board approve the...

Mining Crypto

Block chain technology is the latest buzzword, ending itself both to get–tich-quick schemes, and to both new financial instruments, in particular, new...

IMF vetos

ALl taxation measures have to receive IMF approval, which is especially the case when an IMF team is visiting for one of...

Cautious confidence

If the Pakistan Stock Exchange is anything to go by, confidence in the economy remains cautious. The recent dip by 2,000 points...

Green bond

The first rupee-denominated climate finance bond was launched on Saturday at s ceremony where Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb was present. With s...

Unilateral end to ceasefire

The resumption of Israeli military operations as soon as it announced that it was breaking the Gaza ceasefire showed that it had...

PM in Saudi Arabia

Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif made a bilateral visit to Saudi Arabia, marking an change from the attendance at two Summits which had...

Tariff cut

One of the additional reasons why Republic Day is being anticipated is because Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to announce a...

National Security Committee meets

The National Security Committee of Parliament came together to discuss the Jaffar Express hijacking, but did not come up with any concrete...