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2022 has arguably been one of the most challenging years, the world has experienced in modern times. It’s hard to…
Written By Mohamed bin Thamer Al Kaabi Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, Kingdom of Bahrain Global trade routes have been rocked…
Written By Laurence Hawker, University of Bristol; Dann Mitchell, University of Bristol, and Natalie Lord, University of Bristol Super cyclones,…
Analysis of economic survey of Pakistan FY 2021 showed that the economy of Pakistan rebounded strongly in FY2021 and recorded…
The Government of Pakistan’s facts showed that the country has shown improvement in health indicators over the previous 3-year. Life…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Philippe Isler Director, Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation; ExCom Member, World Economic Forum[/box] The pandemic has…
Experts mentioned in the Economic Survey of Pakistan that even prior to Covid-19 outbreak, globalization in trade, finance, investment and…
The pandemic and lockdowns around the globe have raised importance for many sectors and industries that perhaps previously were overlooked.…
As best-selling author and management consultant Peter Drucker once said: “The best way to predict the future is to create…
Trade has historically been a powerful driver of economic growth and poverty alleviation in Asia. While tariff barriers to trade…
According to the Economic Survey of Pakistan, Pakistan’s economy rebounded strongly in FY2021 and recorded growth of 3.94 percent which…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Patrick Henry Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Fewer consumers are practicing green behaviour during the pandemic, Ipsos…
Food insecurity is one of the most-talked-about topics across the globe in the wake of pandemic, which has wreaked havoc…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jeremy Kaye Head, Executive Briefing Center, Check Point Software Technologies Mitch Muro IoT Security Product Marketing…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Paul Anand, The Open University[/box] People’s sense of wellbeing took a dive in the first year…
The pandemic has brought lots of challenges especially in the contact center industry. Agents have been round the clock to…
According to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) present report-2021 Pakistan’s economic growth rebounded to 3.9 percent in FY2020-2021 and is…
I am delighted to share these lines from an article by Matthew Boyle. I quote, “Any company that says they…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Maddy Thompson, Keele University[/box] The pandemic has shown us the extraordinary potential of digital health to…
The year 2021 has been even harsh for those who couldn’t recover from the shocks of 2020 due to job…
Hakeem Muhammad Usman — CEO, Marhaba Laboratories Pvt Ltd PAGE: Please share your professional background, corporate profile, successful journey, and…
Interview with Mr Ahmed Owais Thanvi — Managing Director Kings Group of Builders, Developers & Contractors PAGE: Kindly tell me…
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected about 210 countries with more than 166 million confirmed cases and over 3.44 million deaths…
The overall impact of Covid-19 on food security and agricultural food systems was not known in the initial phases of…
Let’s start off with Covid-19. How has it affected your business? Covid-19 has had unpresedented impact on every single business…
While there is now light at the end of the tunnel in terms of vaccine rollouts, the current COVID-19 infection…
The complexity and influx of data in healthcare means that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will increasingly be applied within the health…
Interview with Hakeem Muhammad Usman – CEO, Marhaba Laboratories Pvt Ltd PAGE: Please share your professional background, corporate profile, successful…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is published in collaboration with Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org Lin Taylor Journalist, Thomson Reuters…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Mar 8, 2021[/box] According to Knight Frank’s 2021 Wealth Report, the number of super wealthy…
Mudasar, a young Pakistani adept at graphic designing, left for the UAE a couple of years ago and resided in…
No doubt, the Pakistan’s banking sector has played an important role in continuing the Pakistan’s economic system during pandemic, which…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Felix Richter, Feb 5, 2021[/box] Thanks to a blowout holiday quarter and the continued success of…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Malik Amin Aslam Khan Advisor to Prime Minister of Pakistan on Climate Change & Global Vice…
E-Commerce business is on rise during the pandemic. More and more people are opting to shop on online as compared…
It has truly been a year like no other, with the pandemic dominating not just every news cycle but each…
The year 2020 has been one of the darkest years of human history. The world is in chaos but there…
Looking at global GDP at constant prices of 2017 adjusted for cost of living/purchasing power, China was the biggest economy…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Willem Roper, Jan 5, 2021[/box] The rise in housing prices continues to outpace the increase in wages across…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bruce Spear Partner, aviation practice, Oliver Wyman Patrick Daoust Partner, operations practice, Oliver Wyman Edwin Anderson…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Nov 27, 2020[/box] American billionaires haven’t been just immune to the pandemic, they have been thriving…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bilge Serin, University of Glasgow and Annette Hastings, University of Glasgow[/box] Historically, suburbs have been considered…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Felix Richter, Oct 21, 2020[/box] If there’s one thing the pandemic has brought to light, it’s…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Katharina Buchholz, Oct 8, 2020[/box] According to a new report by Swiss bank UBS, the combined fortunes…
During the recent past season of monsoon, which saw record-breaking rainfall in Pakistan, it saw people indulging and focusing on…
With the world battling the novel coronavirus pandemic, the impact has been felt on every sector and everyday life. Perhaps…
Previous research on plagues and pandemics ranging from 14th century to the recent Spanish flu has established that pandemics greatly…
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will have a huge and lasting negative effect on the global economy; 2020 and 2021 will…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Martin Michaelis, University of Kent; Mark Wass, University of Kent, and Michael Calnan, University of…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Felix Richter, Jul 22, 2020[/box] When millions of Americans started losing their jobs due to the…
As people have embraced social distancing as a way to slow the spread of the pandemic, there has naturally been…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Jun 29, 2020[/box] In the wake of the pandemic, a strong level of trust…
As the tally of coronavirus cases in Pakistan crosses 185,000 the impacts of the pandemic are beginning to gain strength.…
The year 2020 is unfolding a series of transformations for the whole world. The Covid pandemic is wreaking havoc across…
Karachi, Friday, June 19, 2020: Life has slowed down, but people still need to sell their cars or buy used…
Due to lockdown govt must pull Islamic Finance sector into essential services to resume its business activities PQGTL has advance…
The devastating economic fallout of the pandemic is being felt across the globe but for poor people in Pakistan who…
The world today is dealing with a crisis of monumental proportions. The vicious, novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc across the…
Mr Imran Khan, the premier of Pakistan, says that if poverty rises, we will not win war against pandemic. He…
The poverty level mounts in Balochistan, as the province reels under the lockdown measures to fight coronavirus pandemic. Present PTI…
In Conversation with Ehsan Saya – Managing Director, Daraz The breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan took businesses by…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Vignesh Santhanam India Lead, Drones and Tomorrow’s Airspace, World Economic Forum[/box] Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, otherwise known…
The Government of Pakistan’s foremost duty at the moment should be to allay two foremost fears of the public: there…
At this point, it has become clear that the situation under COVID-19 is escalating quickly and the world will face…
The word on the street about New World Order is corona. The pandemic treated all the human beings, objects and…
The New World Order implemented after the events of 9/11/2001 has changed after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The details of…
The world has changed dramatically during Jan-Mar quarter of 2020. A rare disaster has resulted loss of a large number…
Before the Covid-19 infections commenced to be detected in Pakistan, the country’s economy the economist of Pakistan revealed, had clearly…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Katica Roy CEO, Pipeline[/box] Preparing budgets from a gender perspective will help us establish a more…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]David Simon, Royal Holloway[/box] From its origin in Wuhan, China, COVID-19 has spread to become a…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Tom Inglesby Director, Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security[/box] All pandemics start as a small…