Society seems to have finally come to terms with what modern economies call 'women empowerment.' However, let's not forget that women in our patriarchal society have had to fight tirelessly for it. No one has simply handed them ...
The rapid advancement of Generative AI tools, AI agents, and other transformative technologies presents a unique opportunity to address systemic inequalities faced by marginalized populations in developing countries. These in...
Perhaps a better caption could have been politicians and economics but a fair sense of judgement prevailed. The subject is one of an incredible juxtaposition. The words apparently contrast each other. Politics and economics t...
Nice but dicey. Great but overwhelming. Cooperative but suffocating. These are some comments about people who keep people guessing. These are colleagues who seem to be good but maybe not really nice. These are leaders who are...
International Women’s Day has come and gone, but for half of Pakistan’s population, the struggle for equality remains a daily battle. For, far too many Pakistani women continue to face systemic barriers in economic, politica...
The SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) kept the policy rate unchanged at 12 percent. The central bank has already eased the policy rate by a 1000 bps (basis points) in the last eight months, and its impact is still unfolding. Altho...
The excessive and aggressive tariff policies targeting China, the EU, Canada, Mexico and other countries, reimposed by the U.S. administration, have heightened trade tensions and unraveled the global economic order. While framed...
Despite the somewhat easing of policy rate by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Pakistan’s economy and especially the industry continues to be on a sliding slope, sparking a debate about whether in the context of Pakistan, mon...
After the July Revolution and the formation of the interim government led by Professor Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh has become a target of internal and external propaganda campaigns that threaten its stability, security, and natio...
At the time of writing, Pakistan’s security forces are conducting a rigorous and high-intensity operation against terrorists of the Balochistan Liberation Army, who attacked a train traveling from Quetta to Peshawar and took s...