Reddit-Trading: Wall Street confronted with massive change
Silver prices surged to an eight-year high as Reddit traders from r/WallStreetBets hopped onto the stock, having previously fueled paramount frenzy with the shares...
GameStop Gamble: Is Pakistan prepared for social media manipulation of the stock market?
Reddit went to war with Wall Street—and won—sending shockwaves across global stock markets. In the aftermath, the world’s stock markets wondered: can something like...
Did the BJP orchestrate the Red Fort storming?
Indian media has been raging against the protesting farmers after the Red Fort incident, which saw the previously peaceful farmers storm the Red Fort...
Pakistan’s COVID-19 vaccines explained
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) announced on Saturday that a special plane has left for China to collect a shipment of COVID-19...
Robinhood trade restrictions invite criticism, frenzy in stock market
Stock-trading mobile application Robinhood halted trading to a number of companies, including GameStop, on Thursday, citing "recent volatility" in the stock market. This came...
Rising Stars: Sindh’s Saud Shakeel hopes of becoming an all-format player for Pakistan
In a bid to unearth the domestic performers in Pakistan cricket, The Correspondent will be highlighting players that can serve Pakistan in the future....
Neighbourhood Watch: South Asia in focus
Afghanistan
Afghanistan to introduce electoral reforms
On Wednesday, the electoral oversight institutions of Afghanistan, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC),...
The satirist and the state: Stand-up comedy in Pakistan
In a country whose greatest derogatory slurs are rooted in the acts of singing and performing, artists seldom lead easy lives. Words like 'miraasi'...
On the frontline: Public-dealing government officials work on without a vaccine plan
The government’s COVID-19 vaccine roll-out plan—which prioritises immunising frontline healthcare workers and the elderly over the general populace—has found few critics. It is widely...
Interview: What is happening with the CanSinoBIO vaccine in Pakistan?
State ministers and government officials have given conflicting dates for when the coronavirus vaccine will be available in Pakistan, with estimates ranging from as...
