Pakistan after BRICS declaration
Wali Zahid The recent BRICS Summit of five emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – in Xiamen, China, stirred quite a debate in Pakistan and India. Unlike previous BRICS...
Pakistanis to get Qatar visa on arrival
Pakistani nationals will now be able to get a Qatar visa on arrival for up to 30 days. With this, Pakistan becomes 81st nationality to be included in a Qatari visa-free entry programme announced earlier this month....
Nawaz Sharif takes his case to masses
Exactly a month ago on 13 July, Panama JIT presented its report to Supreme Court, on which basis the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was to be dismissed a fortnight later. There was speculation at the time that Nawaz...
Pakistan’s GDP PPP crosses $1 trillion, ranks 25th in world
Wali Zahid BREAKING: Pakistan joins trillion-dollar economies club as its gross domestic product (GDP) based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) just crossed $1 trillion. By PPP ranking, Pakistan is now 25th largest...
Harvard predicts Pakistan GDP to grow by 6% over 10 years
Wali Zahid EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan’s predicted annual growth rate over the next 10 years is nearly 6 percent, according to the revised growth projections presented by researchers at the Center for International...
Pakistan’s economic future in 11 photos
How does Pakistan🇵🇰’s economic trajectory appear in years 2017, 2020, 2025, 2030 and 2050? In this exclusive piece, I take a look at 2050 first, then run it backwards to this year for you. Enjoy the ride....
Can Pakistan really benefit from SCO membership?
This originally appeared in The Nation on 12 June 2017. Pakistan has been admitted into Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) as a Full Member at the SCO Astana Summit in Kazakhstan. SCO leaders have hailed the...
Dateline Astana with Mona Alam | Pakistan at SCO Summit
Dateline Astana | Mona Alam Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lands in Astana, Kazakhstan, on a chilly afternoon today to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2017. This 17th edition of SCO Summit...
Pakistan ranks 20th in world power ranking
Pakistan is ranked as the 20th most powerful country in the world in the 2017 Power ranking of Best Countries by US News. Overall, Pakistan’s rank in Best Countries is 74th in the 80-country list this year....
New wave of terrorism strikes Pakistan after terror deaths halved in 2016
A new wave of terrorism has struck Pakistan in February this year. It is unclear is this is a blowback, or retaliation of some kind? Or, is it an ongoing, sustained terror campaign aimed at reconfiguration of some...