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The story of women entrepreneurs successfully running businesses is not new. But is it being replicated in a new changing world? With greater levels of literacy and highly skilled qualifications more and more women aspire to...

Silicon Alley centered around Flatiron District NYC, Photo Dave Lindblom/Wikimedia Commons In a communiqué released after the International Monetary and Financial Committee meeting in Washington, world’s top finance managers welcomed the continuing global upswing in economic activity...

Featured Image Stop Handshake of Corruption by User:Herostratus/Wikimedia Commons As several political leaders around the world including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif face investigations in the wake of Panama Papers revelations on hidden wealth, a top UN...

The United States and Pakistan discussed strengthening cooperative ties as Treasury Secretary Steven Munchin and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar with economic development and efforts to choke terrorist financing figuring in the talks. Highlighting major economic achievements...

Indus River in Kharmang District, Pakistan, Photo Shanawaz Zafar/Wikimedia Commons Islamabad has asked the World Bank – the arbiter of Indus Water Treaty – to expedite resolution water-sharing disputes with India, which is constructing dams on...

The Tishreen camp for displaced persons in Aleppo, Syria, Photo  UNICEF/Razan Rashid Fragility is a key factor in “practically all” of the protracted conflicts going on in the world today, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the...

Pakistan will maintain its economic growth at over 5 percent as the country sees massive investments in infrastructure projects, the International Monetary Fund predicted. In its World Economic Outlook for 2017, the Fund said Pakistan is...

PNS Alamgir (USS Rodney M Davis) Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Daniel N. Woods via Wikimedia Commons In yet another setback to South Asian peace prospects, India has put on hold all bilateral exchanges...

As President Donald Trump prepares to deal with South Asia, a new study on Thursday underscored Thursday that Pakistan would remain vital to the United States’ interests in the important region. “First, the United States has to...

Renewable power will dominate in the future, with many large international corporations already increasingly choosing renewable energy products either from utilities or through direct investment in their own generating capacity, a new study based on analyses...