By Waqar Wadho Published in Dawn on November 27, 2025 THIS year’s Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Philippe Aghion, Peter Howitt, and Joel Mokyr for reshaping how we understand economic growth in the long run. Their core idea is simple but powerful: sustainable economic growth and prosperity is not by luck, it’s achieved through knowledge […]
By Huma Yusuf Published in Dawn on November 24, 2025 ANOTHER COP, another blow to the planet. The annual UN conference increasingly seems a ritual designed to accept planetary demise rather than an opportunity to course-correct. For Pakistan, this year’s COP has highlighted the challenges of juggling realpolitik with managing the increasingly terrifying impacts of the climate[…]
By SHAMSUL ISLAM KHAN Published in The Express Tribune on November 17, 2025 KARACHI: The strong rupee is luring imports, impacting domestic industry competitiveness and hurting exports. For the past three years, the government has been celebrating rising home remittances as its politico-economic success that has helped stabilise the rupee and achieve a current account surplus, but[…]

