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Prioritising sustainable, small-scale farming

Evolution is natural ongoing phenomena since day one and there is a famous phrase of philosophers and scientists believes that “THE LAW OF CHANGE CANNOT BE CHANGED”. Having this universal…

Endless wait for a plan

THERE is no doubt that the first few years of this third decade of the 21st century have been filled by unexpected calamities across the continents. Covid-19 dealt such a…

State against people

Highlighting the growing trust deficit between the state and the people, I tweeted a few days ago: “A country unwilling to engage with itself to debate and find credible solutions…

Fair elections and economic stability

“Gross financing needs are very large, mostly due to large debt service payments, while external market financing has dried up. Confidence is weak, and credit rating agencies have downgraded Pakistan…

The long Ukraine war

Germany has finally decided to send its battle tanks, Leopard 2, to Ukraine. Earlier, the European country had remained neutral to avoid any escalation. This will provide a big boost…

Honour in Ghairatabad

Get together a group of young girls and boys, sit with them, and shed your cloak of narcissism for a while. Establish a long association with them, trust them so…

Sustaining exports –decarbonization

Pakistan’s exports-based economy is heavily reliant upon its textile sector. More than 60% of the country’s exports are comprised of textiles and the industry employs 40% of the country’s labour…

A painful saga

It is becoming increasingly difficult to write about Pakistan because so vast is the extent of challenges it faces and so grave their intensity that one is lost in the…