Pakistan’s Capital Markets Enter 2026
Date: January 14, 2026
Arifa Zahoor Program Officer, Jinnah Institute Pakistan’s capital markets enter 2026 after one of the strongest equity rallies in the country’s recent history. The benchmark KSE-100 Index rose from about...
Looking Ahead
The Water Crisis: Domestic Vulnerabilities and Regional Challenges
Date: January 8, 2026
Ahmad Rafay Alam Environmental lawyer and activist Water remained on the central stage of Pakistani news and politics throughout most of 2025. First the furore in Sindh over the proposed...
Fintech 2026: Which Pakistani Companies Will Lead the Next Growth Wave?
Date: January 8, 2026
Naureen Hyat Former CEO, Zood Pakistan As Pakistan’s fintech ecosystem moves toward 2026, it is entering a more mature, consequential phase, where scale, intelligence, and integration will matter more than...
Looking Ahead
South Asia’s Escalation Problem in 2026
Date: January 8, 2026
Fahd Humayun Assistant Professor, Tufts University Events in 2025 made clear the increasingly hybrid nature of modern conflict in South Asia, with emerging weapons technologies in particular moving from the...
Looking Ahead
Strategic Crossroads 2026
Date: January 8, 2026
Amb. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry Chairman, Sanober Institute Much of what happened in 2025 has profound implications for what might happen in 2026. The most defining feature of 2025 was the...
Looking Ahead
A Multipolar World Order
Date: January 8, 2026
Khurram Dastgir Former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Defence, Commerce, Energy The U.S. National Security Strategy, released in November 2025, announced a multipolar world. The Trump administration is trying to...
Looking Ahead at 2025
Pakistan’s Uncertain Energy Transition
by: Jinnah Institute
Date: January 3, 2025
Maha Kamal Energy, Resources and Growth (ERG) Consultant Oxford Policy Management Moving to renewable energy sources is a crucial step towards climate change mitigation at the global level. For countries...
Looking Ahead at 2025
Navigating the Youth Bulge
by: Jinnah Institute
Date: January 3, 2025
Zafarullah Khan Social policy expert and rights advocate Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world. More than 60 percent of its citizens, or ‘consumers of governance’ are...
Looking Ahead at 2025
What to watch for in the agriculture sector in 2025
by: Jinnah Institute
Date: January 3, 2025
Kazim Saeed CEO Pakistan Agricultural Coalition Agriculture is slated as the sector that can salvage Pakistan’s ailing economy. But Pakistan’s farmers are in pain. Farmer forums are awash with shrill...
Looking Ahead at 2025
Pakistan’s Future is Young, But Is It Losing Its Greatest Opportunity?
by: Jinnah Institute
Date: January 3, 2025
Meeran Jamal Youth, Employability and the Incessant Brain Drain Pakistan’s future is young with 60% of its population under 30 years. This demographic provides the country with a crucial opportunity...
