Call For Environmental Action By Adeel Mukhtar Mirza
ORIGINALLY celebrated as Spring Equinox for the first time in 1970 when United Nations’ Secretary-General U Thant spoke about it …
Read MoreNational Security And Home Front By Javid Husain
For an independent and sovereign country, there cannot be anything more important than national security. Security, both internal and external, …
Read MoreElections 2018 | Editorial
With the publication of the final delimitations of constituencies’ list, the only imponderable in the timely elections has been eliminated. …
Read MoreReaching Out to India? | Editorial
A British think tank has carried a commentary piece that serves as a timely reminder that Indo-Pak peace lies at …
Read MorePakistan Needs to Allocate More For Development to Drive up Growth By Hussain H Zaidi
ISLAMABAD: In Pakistan, a large fiscal deficit is the norm regardless of the pace of economic growth. Between FY04 and …
Read MoreThe Growth Problem | Editorial
The international verdict on Pakistan continues to get more gloomy, despite the fighting words of the current government. In its …
Read MorePakistan's Pivot to Russia By Kamran Yousaf
In August last year, US President Trump unveiled his much-awaited strategy for Afghanistan and the wider South Asian region. Trump …
Read MoreImportance of Education By M Basil Khan
Pakistan’s literacy rate which was 60% has declined to 58%, according to the Economic Survey of Pakistan (2016-2017). A significant …
Read MoreIMF’s Projection | Editorial
THE IMF (International Monetary Fund) has projected that Pakistan’s growth rate will fall to 4.7% in fiscal year 2019 from …
Read MoreEnergy Sector Audit By Dr M Asif
Pakistan’s energy woes appear to be never ending despite the loud claims by the present government. While the installed generation …
Read MorePak-Turkey understanding | Editorial
TURKEY has expressed desire to further increase cooperation with Pakistan at defence level with focus on increasing contacts, training and …
Read MoreThe Economy of Corridors By M Ziauddin
The nearly 60-billion-dollar CPEC project has the potential to bring about a sea change in Pakistan’s economic model it has …
Read MoreTackling Climate Change Together By Zile Huma
Every year, the government and private sectors take several initiatives to increase forest cover of Pakistan that includes twice a …
Read MoreWater Shortages | Editorial
REPORTS of severe water shortages afflicting large areas of Sindh and southern Punjab are on the increase, and large-scale damage …
Read MoreYouth Bulge Challenges | Editorial
This year’s national human development report turns the spotlight on at least one feature that the country can be truly …
Read MoreEconomic Survey and the Budget By Dr Pervez Tahir
These columns observed on April 13th 2018: “After a long time, the GDP growth has increased every year since 2012-13. …
Read MoreMitigating The Water Crisis | Editorial
The imminent severe water crisis , forewarned as a liability that can paralyse the country is manifesting its early stages …
Read MoreBudgeting Education By Mushtaq Rajpar
A month is left in the current parliament’s tenure, whose members will not have enough time to debate the results …
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