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External woes

Technology May 21, 2026

PAKISTAN’S external sector has once again exposed the economy’s structural weaknesses that bilateral debt rollovers and short-term stabilisation measures had helped conceal. The sharp 31pc decline...

Hormuz gamble

News May 20, 2026

THE fragile ceasefire between Iran and the US may have slowed the fighting, but the conflict driving it remains unresolved. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s meetings in Tehran over the weekend show ...

Water win

News May 19, 2026

THE Permanent Court of Arbitration’s supplemental award on Islamabad’s decade-old petition challenging the design specifications of two Indian hydropower projects on rivers allocated to Pakistan u...

The Afghan problem

News May 18, 2026

AFTER consecutive months of decline in terrorist violence in March and April, a wave of fatal incidents in recent days has raised fresh doubts over Afghanistan’s commitment to preventing the misuse ...

Beijing’s red lines

Business May 17, 2026

THE Beijing summit between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping was never likely to produce a grand result. Too much mistrust has accumulated, and the disputes dividing Was...

Beyond stabilisation

Business May 16, 2026

PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif is right to note that the US-Iran conflict has adversely affected Pakistan and other regional economies. It is no surprise that wars, energy disruptions and geopolitical ...

Growth below target

News May 15, 2026

PAKISTAN’S latest GDP figures offer a picture of modest recovery. A projected growth rate of 3.7pc for the current fiscal falls short of the government’s original 4pc target. This is slightly less...

Trump in Beijing

Business May 14, 2026

DONALD Trump’s arrival in Beijing marks the first China visit by a sitting US president in almost a decade. That alone makes the summit significant. But the timing has given it even greater weight. ...

Unyielding stances

Health May 13, 2026

GLOBAL suffering continues as uncertainty over the fate of the war in the Middle East refuses to dissipate. Market analysts and decision-makers have repeatedly warned that the economic damage already ...

Bannu attack

News May 12, 2026

THE attack was audacious and well-coordinated. On the night of May 9, terrorists struck a police outpost in KP’s Bannu district, martyring 15 officers and injuring three, according to official repor...