COVID-19: SECOND WAVE, FIRST DEFEAT on November 27, 2020The world has gone through an irreversible change. The COVID-19 pandemic has shaped the lives of people around the world. The global lockdown is the single biggest experiment in human history. Coronavirus is affecting everything; from global economy to the way people work, travel and interact. The fear for many people and countries emerging from […]
Turbulence over blasphemy on November 7, 2020The xenophobic attitude of many in Europe has been strengthened particularly after 9/11 by the highlighting in the European press of the actions of extremists. The fear that there is an unbridgeable incompatibility between Muslim and western values has grown mistrust among both parts of the world. In view of foreign observers, these few […]
Post-Pandemic Digitalization on October 16, 2020COVID-19 has accelerated the digitalization journey of businesses all over the world. Stay-at-home orders, work from home decorum and social distancing have pushed companies to adopt new ways of doing things such as business techniques which mainly include digital tools to communicate, collaborate, work and track overall process and progress. We cannot ignore the catastrophe […]
COVID-19: OUR ECONOMIC FALLOUT on October 6, 2020Over the past few decades, the world has seen the existence of novel viruses that have posed serious threats to global health. Pakistan, with an unparalleled challenge of highly porous borders, is sandwiched between two epicenters of the deadly corona – China and Iran. With high frequencies of travel and trade between the borders, Pakistan […]
CPEC — PIPE DREAMS AND STRATEGIC REALITIES on September 25, 2020Pakistan’s economy is hamstrung by the failure of successive governments to get to grips with the lack of infrastructure. Having pledged 43 billion US dollars in dozens of energy and infrastructure projects, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is one of the largest commercial initiatives in South Asia. China and Pakistan have collaborated cautiously at political […]
FOREIGN AID AND PRINCIPAL PAYBACK on September 23, 2020Every second of everyday, countries compete on everything; from muscles to scientific research, a tiny economic fluctuation or a single word change in regulation is enough to determine who does business where and alternately the power of nations. But, while all of this is happening, countries turn around to give billions of dollars in foreign […]