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A questionable pivot towards crypto

A questionable pivot towards crypto

Recent moves by Pakistan’s government to cultivate a cryptofriendly environment starkly contradict the long-held warnings of its central bank. In...

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Dawn Business

Yousuf Nazar

Corporate Farming In Cholistan: Ambitious Vision Or Recipe For Disaster?

28.03.2025 30

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

Pakistan’s war within

27.03.2025 6

The News International

Yousuf Nazar

China And The Taliban: A Marriage Of Convenience

China And The Taliban: A Marriage Of Convenience
22.03.2025 5

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

Solar flipflops and the energy crisis

18.03.2025 10

The News International

Yousuf Nazar

Argentine case paints foreboding picture for developing nations of the dangers of short-term fixes over deep structural reform

Argentine case paints foreboding picture for developing nations of the dangers of short-term fixes over deep structural reform

Argentina is one of the largest and most frequent borrowers of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The country first sought assistance from the IMF...

18.03.2025 10

Dawn Business

Yousuf Nazar

Foreign Involvement In Balochistan After Bhutto’s 1973 Crackdown

Foreign Involvement In Balochistan After Bhutto’s 1973 Crackdown
15.03.2025 30

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

Covert Wars And Foreign Intrigues: The Hidden Hands Behind Pakistan’s 1970s Turmoil

14.03.2025 10

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

Devolution Of Powers To Administrative Divisions: A Political Imperative For Change

Devolution Of Powers To Administrative Divisions: A Political Imperative For Change
10.03.2025 6

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

Political Crisis In Sindh And The Cholistan Project

08.03.2025 10

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

Education and development

03.03.2025 40

The News International

Yousuf Nazar

Between debt and diplomacy

Pakistan finds itself trapped in a geopolitical and fiscal quandary. Islamabad’s strategic partnership with China – once hailed as a blueprint for...

24.02.2025 7

The News International

Yousuf Nazar

NATO At A Crossroads: The Future Of Transatlantic Security And Burden Sharing

23.02.2025 10

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

The North-South Economic Divide In India: A Deepening Chasm

18.02.2025 30

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

PTI Minus Imran Project?

11.02.2025 10

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

Trump and Pakistan

08.02.2025 20

The News International

Yousuf Nazar

The DeepSeek disruption

01.02.2025 10

The News International

Yousuf Nazar

The Direction Of China’s Goods And Services Exports Over The Last Decade

29.01.2025 10

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

From steam engines to silicon chips

The economic and social development of nations since the 19th century has been influenced by technological advancements, political governance,...

22.12.2024 6

The News International

Yousuf Nazar

The fragile balance of US-China trade

After decades of facilitating and even encouraging China’s rise, the dramatic shift by the US to a policy of containment could gather pace when...

15.12.2024 10

The News International

Yousuf Nazar

The IMF’s failed prescription

15.11.2024 5

The News International

Yousuf Nazar

Trump Strikes Back

Donald Trump’s stunning 2024 comeback wasn’t just a victory for him; it was a stark repudiation of Washington’s somewhat insular political...

08.11.2024 3

The Nation

Yousuf Nazar

Trump's Populism And Neo-Isolationism In A Polarised World

In a stunning political comeback, Donald Trump has won the 2024 US presidential election, defying polls and pundits alike. His victory marks the...

07.11.2024 4

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

Trump’s 2024 Victory: Resurgent Populism In A Polarised World

In a stunning political comeback, Donald Trump has won the 2024 US presidential elections, defying polls and pundits alike - again. His victory —...

07.11.2024 5

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

What A Trump Presidency Could Mean For Pakistan?

As the spectre of a Donald Trump presidency looms again, some in Pakistan are clinging to the idea that a Trump win on November 5 would somehow...

03.11.2024 3

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

Pakistan’s Populist Narratives & Democracy

The recent confrontation between Pakistan’s increasingly assertive superior court judges and the current establishment marks a notable shift from...

31.10.2024 4

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

While deregulation intends to improve efficiency, complex market dynamics in energy sector bring challenges

Diane Coyle, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge, explores the fundamentals of welfare economics and the interaction between...

28.10.2024 5

Dawn Business

Yousuf Nazar

The Constitutional Amendment Is About Power Not The Independence Of The Judiciary

Salient Features of the Amendment The most critical aspects of the amendment relate to the changes in the process of the appointment of the chief...

21.10.2024 4

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

Is Inclusive Development Theory Historically Correct?

The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for 2024 was recently awarded to Simon Johnson, James A. Robinson, and Daron Acemoglu “for studies of how...

18.10.2024 4

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar

Pakistan’s Electricity Debacle Lies At The Core Of Its Economic Crisis

Recently, Gohar Ejaz, a prominent textile industrialist and a former federal minister in the caretaker government, took to the media to mount a...

26.07.2024 3

The Friday Times

Yousuf Nazar