Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s diplomatic balancing act during his visit to China last month exposed a growing tension within the European Union, struggling to respond to geopolitical fragmentation and economic stagnation.

The applause in Islamabad was deserved.

For at least two decades, Hijri Road has been a nuisance for the people who live in Gulshan Town’s Metroville Colony. So when UC 6 chairman Nasir Ashfaq managed to get the Karachi Development Authority to fix the inner neighbourhood service lane, …

PAKISTAN’S forthcoming budget confronts a difficult reality. The formal economy is overtaxed, investment remains weak, exports struggle to compete regionally, and salaried individuals face rising tax burdens even as inflation erodes purchasing pow…

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 uncertainty hurt fragile economies like Pakista…