Opinion

On the 27th of April, while major central banks, such as the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank (ECB), and the Bank of England, all sat on their hands, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) did something it hadn't done in nearly two years: it raised interest rates for the f...

I was recently reviewing the trajectory of foreign direct investment and the broader investment climate across key regions, ASEAN, the Far East, Central Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, to benchmark Pakistan against its peers. The emerging picture is both clear and ...

Every time the Pakistan women’s national football team returns to international action, it gets the entire fanbase excited. Their performance and results (well, some of them) back that hype. The Shaheens recently made their debut in the FIFA Series, taking on unfamiliar opponents...

While having achieved some sense of external account stability due to a continued rise in remittances over the last few years, Pakistan's economy is showing signs of weakness yet again as it re-enters the spotlight. Growth is the first casualty of stabilization in economies like ...

Pakistani dramas may be breaking free from Indian influence, but have they really found their own voice again? Nukta’s Omair Alavi and Sibte Hassan go head-to-head over whether our dramas have truly escaped India’s shadow - and their verdict might shock you.

When sportspeople and teams come on the field to face each other in any sport, this universal oath epitomizes the overriding promise:“We swear to take part in this game with fair and loyal competition, respecting the regulations that govern it, and participating in the true spiri...

On February 3, 2023, nearly one year into Shehbaz Sharif’s maiden tenure as prime minister, Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves fell to their lowest since April 2014At $8.53 billion, total liquid reserves, which include foreign currency assets owned collectively by commercial ba...

In the abyssal depths of Pakistan's economy, a Byzantine complex of challenges has precipitated a seemingly insurmountable fiscal quagmire, with a substantial portion of its revenue irretrievably allocated towards debt servicing.The latest budget has earmarked a staggering 46% of...

As the dust settles on the Pahalgam story and war experts and defense analysts shift their focus to the Iran-Israel theater, it is perhaps a good time to evaluate, not the victory claims or losses borne by the two sides as popular media so engrossingly does, but an often overlook...

Global superstar Diljit Dosanjh has been making headlines for some time now. And most of them are good, especially when written in the West.First Indian to perform at Coachella.First Indian artist to grace the cover of Billboard Canada.First Indian singer to perform in Punjabi on...