Flood risks — act before, not after

Flood risks — act before, not after

As climate change intensifies and agricultural risks mount each passing year, case for universal crop insurance has never been more compelling. Updated 08 Sep, 2025 11:22am
Efforts against mining expansion

Efforts against mining expansion

Civil society organisations, Thar residents reject SECMS’s coal tariff petition, lamenting severe damage mining has caused surrounding region.
Updated 08 Sep, 2025 11:42am
Islamic fintech and our emerging role

Islamic fintech and our emerging role

As Islamic fintech gains momentum globally, Pakistan presents the ideal environment for growth if forward-looking policies are implemented.
Updated 08 Sep, 2025 11:57am
Change around the corner?

Change around the corner?

These gains remain fragile and reversible without addressing structural weaknesses.
Updated 08 Sep, 2025 12:24pm
Addressing climateflation

Addressing climateflation

With entire crops washed away in the recent floods, the nation will have to bear steadily increasing food prices.
Updated 08 Sep, 2025 12:34pm

COMPANY NEWS

Think PVC launched in Lahore
Published 08 Sep, 2025 06:18am
Riding out of shifting sands

Riding out of shifting sands

Despite being battered by major floods every three to four years, Pakistan still lacks a precautionary or anticipatory investment strategy.
Updated 08 Sep, 2025 12:43pm
Data points

Data points

Working patterns post-pandemic
Published 08 Sep, 2025 06:18am

Tesla sales plunge

Tesla sales in Europe plunged 40pc in July, the company’s seventh consecutive month of declines, as Chinese EV...
Published 08 Sep, 2025 06:18am

Dwindling water supplies

By 2030, global demand for freshwater will exceed supply by 40pc, as per the World Economic Forum
Published 08 Sep, 2025 06:18am

Dumping beverage cans

More than $1bn worth of beverage cans were dumped in US landfills last year, the Aluminium Association estimates, as...
Published 08 Sep, 2025 06:18am

Buying players

Premier League teams spend $4bn on buying new players in a record summer transfer window, as per Bloomberg
Published 08 Sep, 2025 06:18am

Nvidia’s potential rise

Bulls on Wall Street now reckon that America’s chip champion Nvidia could be worth $5tr before long, having become...
Published 08 Sep, 2025 06:18am
Removing the auto sector’s training wheels

Removing the auto sector’s training wheels

Without gradual sequencing, the reforms risk replacing a weak but developing industrial base with an unsustainable import-driven consumption model.
Updated 08 Sep, 2025 12:50pm
Floods and fertility — a necessary crisis

Floods and fertility — a necessary crisis

As Punjab grapples with the harsh reality of urban flooding, Sindh’s riverine dwellers rejoice over the abundance of fish, fertile silt and soil.
Published 01 Sep, 2025 04:42am

Letting federal wealth go

Despite increased resource transfers over the past 15 years, progress on universal education and health has been limited,
Published 01 Sep, 2025 04:42am