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Yousuf Nazar
Yousuf Nazar

  • December 05, 2025

    Dual engine of China’s rise

    The representational image shows the flags of China and Pakistan. —...

  • November 08, 2025

    Big Tech’s job mirage

    The brand logo of Alphabet Inc's Google is seen outside its office in...

  • October 07, 2025

    The AI boom’s Achilles heel

    This representational picture shows a metallic figure against a computer....

  • September 30, 2025

    No laughing matter

    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin...

  • September 09, 2025

    This deluge of misgovernance

    Flood-affected villagers of Lodia wade through waist-deep water to move...

  • August 31, 2025

    The missing link in fiscal devolution

    A person can be seen holding Pakistani currency notes in his hands. —...

  • August 23, 2025

    How can we save Karachi?

    People wade through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Karachi on...

  • August 13, 2025

    KP’s decade of disappointment

    A representational image showing girls attending a class at a school. —...

  • August 04, 2025

    Trump’s South Asia strategy

    US President Donald Trump speaks after signing the VA Home Loan Program...

  • August 04, 2025

    Trump’s South Asia strategy

    US President Donald Trump speaks after signing the VA Home Loan Program...

  • July 24, 2025

    Igniting the renaissance

    People line up as election officials check their ballot papers during...

  • July 24, 2025

    Igniting the renaissance

    People line up as election officials check their ballot papers during...

  • July 16, 2025

    Why the rupee keeps faltering

    A representational image of a currency dealer counting Rs500 notes. —...

  • July 16, 2025

    Why the rupee keeps faltering

    A representational image of a currency dealer counting Rs500 notes. —...

  • July 08, 2025

    The schools that aren’t

    This image shows a general view of the LUAMS building in Lasbela....

  • July 08, 2025

    The schools that aren’t

    This image shows a general view of the LUAMS building in Lasbela....

  • July 08, 2025

    The schools that aren’t

    This image shows a general view of the LUAMS building in Lasbela....

  • June 20, 2025

    Who threatens global peace?

    Al Jazeera and local medics reported that at least 58 civilians are killed in one incident alone

  • June 10, 2025

    A fiscal system in denial

    Piecemeal measures fail to broaden base, instead funnelling burdens onto salaried middle class

  • June 01, 2025

    Our crypto gamble

    Pakistan must send unambiguous signal: crypto is not state asset. It is private sector’s sandbox, not govt vault

  • May 23, 2025

    Pakistan’s defining moment

    A fragile ceasefire, brokered by US-led mediation, holds but has the risk of renewed conflict

  • May 14, 2025

    No romance in war

    This most severe escalation since 1971 war prompted urgent international action

  • May 01, 2025

    India’s polarising powder keg

    Engagement by China can both assuage Pakistan's security concerns and press India to rein in extremist posturing

  • April 22, 2025

    The petroleum levy burden

    Though effective in raising revenue, this policy exacts high economic price, It nullifies benefits of falling global oil prices

  • April 15, 2025

    America First?

    US must ditch tariff fetish, rally its allies and sit down with China to salvage trade before floor caves in

  • April 06, 2025

    Trump’s trade war

    Beijing was among first to denounce the tariffs, calling them “unjustifiable” and vowing strong countermeasures

  • March 27, 2025

    Pakistan’s war within

    On March 16, BLA claimed responsibility for Noshki attack on security forces, killing five officers and injuring dozens

  • March 18, 2025

    Solar flipflops and the energy crisis

    ECC chaired by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, claims this rapid expansion is unfairly burdening grid consumers

  • March 03, 2025

    Education and development

    Regardless of political systems democracy, autocracy, or monarchy no country has progressed without educating its people

  • February 24, 2025

    Between debt and diplomacy

    Advanced weaponry and technology from Beijing have become integral to Pakistan’s defence capabilities

  • February 08, 2025

    Trump and Pakistan

    Some in Pakistan express enthusiasm over recent visit by American businessmen led by Mr Gentry Beach

  • February 01, 2025

    The DeepSeek disruption

    Nasdaq and S&P 500 were rattled by reports that China’s DeepSeek uses cheaper chips and less data

  • December 22, 2024

    From steam engines to silicon chips

    Political structures and governance systems have been central to economic and social development

  • December 15, 2024

    The fragile balance of US-China trade

    Tensions marking the US-China relationship have generated pessimistic, sometimes dire, vision for its future

  • November 15, 2024

    The IMF’s failed prescription

    Despite multiple bailouts, Pakistan remains mired in inflation, debt, and stagnation

  • July 02, 2024

    A nation adrift

    Pakistan has lost a decade to bitter and polarizing political conflicts and poor governance

  • May 30, 2024

    Pakistan’s drift into chaos

    PTI’s young followers are an ahistorical cult, with their sense of history beginning in 2011 or February 8, 2024

  • May 09, 2024

    Did SBP and IMF get inflation wrong?

    Following the onset of post-pandemic inflation in 2021, economists swiftly diverged into two camps

  • April 06, 2024

    Lessons from Asia

    Some Pakistani intellectuals like Hamza Alvi attributed Pakistan’s problems to an “overdeveloped state”

  • March 20, 2024

    Charter of national revival

    A shopkeeper waits for customers at a market in Karachi. —...