Climate Change and its Impacts in Pakistan By Aqsa Ahsan
Climate change is the most important issue of our age; we are the first to see its early warning signals …
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Tough IMF Conditions | Editorial
The IMF loan conditions continue to take their toll on Pakistan, with recent reports suggesting income tax rates for upper-middle-income …
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FATF Plenary Meeting | Editorial
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is scheduled to meet this week, from June 14 to 17, 2022, in Berlin …
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Budget 2022-23 | Editorial
THE annual budget presentation has traditionally been heavy on granular details of the government’s spending plans for the coming fiscal …
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Saving Indus Water Treaty | Editorial
The historic Indus Water Treaty is often celebrated as a diplomatic miracle for surviving the harshest of weathers in the …
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Pakistan Economic Survey | Editorial
A FIRST reading of the Pakistan Economic Survey 2021-22 reveals just how deep the impact has been on the country’s …
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Population and Environment By Zeba Sathar
PAKISTAN’S booming population is at odds with its natural endowments. Environmental stress caused by an imbalance between rapid population growth …
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Revisiting the Benefits of Higher Education in Pakistan By Dr Muhammad Imran
Pakistan is in the middle of an economic (IMF negotiation, rising fuel cost and inflation), political (political instability and polarisation) …
Read MoreOne Nation, One Policy | Editorial​
At a time when the country is at the crossroads of political and economic turmoil, the need for a broad-based …
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Water Crisis in Pakistan By Beenish Mahmood
Pakistan is experiencing devastating environmental issues such as air pollution, deforestation, climate change, water scarcity, and loss of biodiversity. In …
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Energy Crisis | Editorial
OUR political class’s strategic failures have once again brought us back to the days of relentless ‘load-shedding’. Yet, instead of …
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Under the Shadow of IMF | Editorial
The PML(N)-led coalition government faces serious challenges on the economic front. As the government prepares the budget, it is required …
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Water Shortages | Editorial
THIS summer has unpredictably turned out to be the driest in most parts of the country in many decades. No …
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Tough Economic Decisions Ahead By Imtiaz Rafi Butt
THERE is no way to sugar-coat the harsh reality of Pakistan’s socio-economic conditions as we approach the end of the …
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Higher Education: Up the Creek By Faisal Bari
MANY public-sector universities, especially the older and bigger ones, have been facing severe budgetary pressures for the last few years. …
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Good News From KSA | Editorial
Pakistan’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves may see some respite in the form of an extension to the $3 billion deposit …
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IMF Talks | Editorial
There are reports that the government has decided to stay in power till its mandated term for a year and …
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The Talks Begin | Editorial
No better reminder of the stakes involved than the fact that the rupee was touching 200 to the dollar in …
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