The Chinese President, Xi Jinping opened the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing on Sunday. During his speech to the inaugural session, President Xi commented on important topics relating to Ch...
Joe Biden, the oldest-ever American to be president of the United States, did slip while boarding the aircraft, but his remark about Pakistan’s nuclear programme he made at his party’s fundraising function last Thursday is n...
Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s participation in the International Monetary Fund/World Bank annual meetings (10-16 October) must have been an eye opener in two critical aspects: not only is Pakistan’s economy markedly d...
US President Joe Biden’s offhand comment about Pakistan at a fundraiser in California last week has created a no-win situation for the hitherto-improving bilateral relations. Possessing “nuclear weapons without any cohesion,...
Is Dar's honeymoon short-lived? The currency is coming under pressure again. PKR had stopped appreciating against the USD in the last week. And this week started with some pressure. The gap between the interbank and formal excha...
At the pinnacle of his political struggle, Imran Khan (IK) has decided to take on the combined force of the dreaded status-quo. It is indeed a daunting task but he has shown his resilience to fight till the finishing line. Excep...
Former PM and PTI leader Imran Khan says that he was the prime minister but someone else used to make the decisions. The former prime minister nowadays tries to give the impression in public meetings that he did not ha...
OPEC+, the oil producer group comprising the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) plus allies including Russia, last week announced a cut of 2 million barrels per day to its production target from November. T...
The government’s decision to increase discretionary fund allotments to Rs87 billion is a repeat of an old and problematic policy to appease voters and consolidate power. Reports indicate that the increase will directly benefit...
After 52 months of being on the grey list, this week’s upcoming plenary of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is expected to bring some positive news. Over the past four years, Pakistan’s determination to fall in line wi...