Central banks across several emerging and frontier economies have accelerated interest-rate increases amid growing inflation concerns linked to the ongoing war in Iran. According to a Bloomberg report, policymakers in developing nations are moving more quickly than many of their counterparts in developed economies, which are largely maintaining current rates while assessing the broader economic...
Azad Jammu and Kashmir, frequently celebrated as a paradise on Earth for its sprawling emerald forests, cascading rivers, and breathtaking valleys, holds a deeper, more profound allure within its ancient soil. Beyond its natural aesthetics lies a strategic crossroad of history, punctuated by defensive bastions built by successive empires. Standing proud at the vanguard of...
Among the institutions that have indelibly shaped the economic and civic landscape of Karachi the commercial nucleus of Pakistan and one of South Asia’s most consequential metropolitan centres few possess a historical significance comparable to that of the Karachi Electric Supply Corporation. Known in contemporary times as K-Electric, this entity transcends the conventional definition of...
Former FPCCI Vice President lauds FPCCI & EPBD for presenting evidence-based, business-friendly and people-centric economic roadmap Islamabad (26 May ) Former Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Zahid Iqbal Chaudhry, has paid rich tribute to the Economic Policy & Business Development (EPBD) Think Tank for presenting Pakistan’s first-ever...
Modern America is not only a state; it is a global idea, and today that idea is going through a deep and silent transformation. Politics is no longer limited to governments, courts, or parliaments. It now lives inside society itself—inside migration patterns, demographic shifts, media narratives, and cultural debates. What was once called “high politics”...
Two human rights lawyers. A couple. Sentenced. And suddenly, their names are no longer just names – they are symbols of defiance. Bravery is not just an act. It is a force that liberates. It grants a profound sense of freedom and an inner independence that no system of power can fully take away. It...
Declarations of ceasefire do not invariably constitute harbingers of peace; at times, they serve merely as the muted prologue to an approaching geopolitical tempest. The contemporary condition of the Middle East has emerged as yet another manifestation of this intricate reality, wherein the outward semblance of tranquillity conceals an extraordinary concentration of military activity beneath...
The question of how states are formed, sustained, and stabilized has remained central to political thought throughout human history. One powerful interpretation places the military institution at the core of this process. In this view, the state is not primarily a moral or ideological project but a strategic organization built around survival, sovereignty, and national...
From Islamabad’s Sector E-7, the Margalla Hills are impossible to ignore. Resting quietly in their shadow lies Saidpur Village — a centuries-old settlement that many pass by, but few truly pause to understand. Perhaps that is how history fades: not because it disappears, but because we become too busy to notice it. On a warm...
In The Great Transformation, Karl Polanyi develops one of his most important arguments in the chapter often referred to as “Pauperism and Utopia,” where he examines how early industrial society produced mass poverty on one hand and an equally powerful ideological belief on the other: the idea that a self-regulating market could organize society without...