Why have physical shortages taken so long to materialise? The answer is that the world started stockpiling oil in huge quantities through most of 2025.
As the war in the Middle East continues, Pakistan is mulling the adoption of measures such as fuel rationing and retail price differentials for two- and four-wheelers.
The war in the Middle East seems to be settling into a gruelling stalemate. The outcome will now be decided by who has the stomach to carry on like this and who asks for a ceasefire first.
Over a century after Pareto’s observation, the Global South remains trapped in a cycle of concentrated wealth and entrenched class divisions that shape its social and economic realities.
Watching the Trump tariffs roll in while our own prime minister congratulated himself, his team and the power of prayer for being able to pass through a power tariff cut inspired zero confidence.
Will the next finance minister dare to innovate and redefine Pakistan's economic strategy or are they going to find themselves stuck in the same old loop?
The country wasted a good nine months under finance minister Dar’s obstinacy, only to eventually land up back where it was when he first came into power.
The kindest interpretation one can make of the 'Economic Revival Plan' is that it's a policy misled by a whole-of-government misreading of our ongoing economic collapse.
If Pakistan’s elites are unwilling to sacrifice their ego, ideology, and wealth during a once-in-a-generation crisis, they deserve the reckoning that is surely coming their way.
If these hospitals are unable to operate, thousands will die or be otherwise incapacitated due to otherwise treatable illnesses simply because they don't have enough money.
