Pakistan stands to benefit from joint ventures in EV components, solar equipment & AI skill development Shanghai Auto Show opens with bold message as China leads global electric vehicle race. PHOTO: SHANGHAI AUTO SHOW KARACHI: China’s economy is showing unmistakable signs of slowing in 2025, and the ripple effects are being felt across Asia. Its…
KARACHI: Two key developments in recent weeks highlight the predicament facing trade policymakers. First, the rising trade deficit is putting pressure on the already fragile external accounts, driven by a surge in imports and weakening export growth. Exports in the first four months of FY26 were 4% lower than in the same period of last…
Stabilisation measures implemented since late 2024 have yielded undeniable results, though cost has been substantial Governments traditionally have a narrow window – typically the first two years of their term – to implement bold and transformative reforms. photo: file KARACHI: Pakistan’s economic trajectory in late 2025 is defined by a rigorous yet essential framework of…
Proposals to restrict high-end chips to cloud rental could leave AI use dependent on US servers ISLAMABAD: Though the recently released US-China Economic and Security Review Commission report offers interesting insights into the love-hate dynamics of the US-China relationship, it also highlights concerns that could affect Pakistan in the long run. The report acknowledges military…
Pakistan’s promise to protect women and drive economic growth remains unfulfilled ISLAMABAD: No economy can grow while half its population remains unsafe, unseen, or silenced. Women’s protection is not just a moral or legal concern; it is an economic necessity. Pakistan’s ongoing challenge in ensuring women’s dignity translates directly into lost productivity, declining labour force…
In an age when audiences are spoiled for choice across countless entertainment platforms, it’s no secret that cinema operators worldwide are feeling the heat. The numbers alone make for grim reading. When PwC released its annual media and entertainment outlook in July, the industry winced: U.S. cinema revenue, the firm predicted, would not return to…
Israel on Sunday struck Lebanon’s capital for the first time since June, saying it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff Haytham Tabtabai and warning the Iran-backed militant group not to rearm and rebuild a year after their latest war. The strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs killed five people and wounded 25 others, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said….
Jane ChambersBusiness reporter, Aguas Calientes, Peru AFP via Getty Images Machu Picchu attracts more than 1.6 million tourists per year, but getting there is not easy Machu Picchu, the remains of a 15th Century Inca city, is Peru’s most popular tourist destination, and a Unesco world heritage site. Yet a continuing dispute over the buses…
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s asylum system overhaul offers fast-track residency British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speaks on stage at Britain’s Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 29, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS LONDON: Britain’s Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is spearheading a sweeping overhaul of the UK’s asylum and migration system while introducing fast-track residency pathways…
A “tremendous amount of progress” has been achieved in talks to finalise a US-proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said. But “there’s still some work to be done”, Rubio said after meeting Ukrainian and European negotiators in Geneva, Switzerland. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there were “signals…
