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In dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Imran Khan faces a huge challenge, which may prove to be even bigger than the dire economic conditions he inherited at the start of his government in 2018 summer....

By Huma Nisar, Iftikhar Ali, Muhammad Luqman The rapidly spreading coronavirus infections in the United States and Europe are making the task to contain the COVID -19 harder. Policymakers look for ways to confront the outbreak while...

Taking 135,000 lives every year, air pollution has moved to the top of Pakistan’s economic and national health challenges. Pakistan’s economy is facing economic burden to the tune of US$ 47.8 billion every year due to...

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said Pakistan hopes to have large investments into mining its gold reserves in southwestern province of Balochistan, which is said to hold one of the largest mineral deposits in the world....

Aquatic animals and plants are not the only casualties of water pollution. Humans are already paying a high cost in terms of economic losses and health hazards for the “invisible crisis” of water quality . Rapidly...

The world headlines may just be waning of repercussions of the U.S.-China trade wars but South Asia is already feeling the heat of self-inflicted losses from a trade spiral down between Pakistan and India. As nuclear powers...

The remittances sent by Pakistani-Americans jumped 23.58 percent to $2.516 billion during the first nine months of the 2019 fiscal year. The State Bank of Pakistan data shows that overseas Pakistanis sent $15.096 billion in the...

Finance Minister Asad Umar said Pakistan and International Monetary Fund have almost reached a deal in principle on a bailout package as Islamabad strives for a fix to the balance of payment crisis amid ballooning trade...

It’s time for Pakistan to market its huge business potential to American investors, a leading entrepreneur says amid expected transition in South Asia from security-focused relations to a scenario of less interdependence, when the U.S. will draw...

The World Bank organized a discussion on a key issue impacting the present and future of the world. “On the Menu: Can Food be the Planet’s Medicine?” sprang from concerns that  current diets are making both...