The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has highlighted that outdated grid infrastructure is acting as a critical bottleneck to the country’s solar energy expansion, urging authorities to take urgent modernisation measures to support rising distributed generation and unlock the sector’s full potential. The CCP it its study on the solar market, proposed targeted reforms to […]
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AI’s Trade Boom
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) recently estimated that by 2040, artificial intelligence could lift global trade flows by almost 40 per cent and expand global GDP by 12-13 per cent. These are staggering figures-comparable to the arrival of containerization in the 20th century or the Internet revolution of the early 2000s. Yet, as I argue […]
Pakistan’s crypto currency boom escalating despite challenges
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has seen a boom in trading and mining cryptocurrency, with interest proliferating in thousands of views of related videos on social media and transactions on online exchanges. However, the global money laundering watchdog, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), has called on the government to better regulate the industry despite it not being […]