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Illustration showing a split economy, with AI-powered robots and rising charts on one side, and a stressed worker with falling economic indicators on the other, representing the AI productivity paradox.

The AI productivity paradox refers to the persistent gap between rapid advances in artificial intelligence and weak aggregate productivity growth. Despite large-scale automation and digital investment, economic expansion remains subdued

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Illustration showing the time value of money with clocks, hourglasses, stacked coins, rising interest graph, and chained book symbolizing Riba al-Nasi’ah in Islamic finance

یہ مضمون وقت کی قیمتِ زر کے تصور کا اسلامی تناظر میں تجزیہ کرتا ہے، جس میں ربا النسیئہ، اسلامی مالیات، بیعتین فی بیع اور جدید بینکاری کے نظام کو

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Arctic geopolitical power shift showing Russia and the United States competing over oil, gas, shipping lanes, and strategic military control in a melting polar region.

The Arctic resource power shift is reshaping the global geopolitical landscape. What was once a frozen and remote region is now becoming a strategic prize, and this transformation is accelerating.

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Global Recession Risk Index 2025–2026 world map showing high, moderate and low recession risk across emerging markets with debt, inflation and supply chain stress indicators

The global recession risk index 2025–2026 measures where the next global economic shock will most likely turn into a full-scale emerging-market crisis. Recessions do not begin with falling GDP numbers.

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An illustration showing Riba Al-Nasiʾah with a clock, an hourglass of coins, and a balance scale comparing money today with more money later, representing the time value of money

Time value of money lies at the heart of Riba. This article explains why Islam rejects profit from delay, using Riba al Nasiah, bayatayn fi bay, and al kharāj bil

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ایک علامتی سرورق تصویر جس میں ایک سوٹ پہنا ہوا روبوٹ قانونی ترازو اور معاہدہ تھامے کھڑا ہے، پس منظر میں اسلامی بینک کی عمارت، ہلال والا گنبد، قانونی ترازو اور عدالتی علامتیں نظر آتی ہیں، جو اسلامی بینکاری کو مصنوعی قانونی شخصیت کے طور پر پیش کرتی ہیں

اسلامی بینک بطور مصنوعی قانونی شخص کارپوریٹ قانون کے تحت محدود ذمہ داری کے ساتھ کام کرتے ہیں، جو اسلامی فقہ کے اصولوں سے متصادم ہے۔ یہ تجزیہ واضح کرتا

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Illustrated cover image depicting Donald Trump against a backdrop of global conflict, featuring oil barrels, gold bars, military vehicles, fighter jets, national flags, and burning cityscapes symbolizing resource nationalism and the threat of World War III.

Trump Doctrine and World War III are increasingly connected as U.S. foreign policy shifts toward resource nationalism, regime pressure, and rejection of international legal constraints. From Venezuela and Iran to

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A conceptual illustration of an Islamic bank represented as an artificial legal entity, highlighting its legal and ethical dimensions in a critical review context

Islamic banks as artificial persons operate under corporate law with limited liability, a structure that conflicts with Islamic jurisprudence. This analysis examines how artificial legal personhood, borrowed from capitalism, undermines

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Zakat-based poverty eradication model in Pakistan showing institutional zakat collection, skills development, employment creation, and social welfare outcomes.

پاکستان میں زکوٰۃ کے ذریعے غربت خاتمہ ماڈل یہ پاکستان میں زکوٰۃ کے ذریعے غربت خاتمہ ماڈل قرآن پر مبنی اور فقہی اصولوں سے مستنبط ایک جامع فریم ورک پیش

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Illustration showing KP institutional leakage through leaking public institutions, falling economic indicators, capital outflows, and rising poverty pressures in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The KP Institutional Leakage framework explains why the KP Economic Crisis persists despite repeated policy announcements and budget allocations. Economic stress in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa no longer stems only from inflation

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