Boiling point
ANOTHER heatwave, another slew of alarming headlines. We are better prepared than we were in 2015, when over 2,500 people lost their lives to soaring temperatures. Public awareness has improved,…
‘Global boiling’
THIS year’s Haj turned tragic as over 1,300 pilgrims succumbed to soaring temperatures, which reached a blistering 51.8 degrees Celsius. This calamity marks a new chapter in the saga of…
Era of global boiling
The UN secretary-general recently spoke on the tragedies of climate change at the UN headquarters, warning that the Earth is now past the age of global warming and that we…
BoI’s grand plan
It has been reported that the Board of Investment (BoI) is aiming to increase Pakistan's FDI to $ 250 billion by 2025 and is developing a long-term strategy to maximize…
BoI’s grand plan
It has been reported that the Board of Investment (BoI) is aiming to increase Pakistan's FDI to $ 250 billion by 2025 and is developing a long-term strategy to maximize…
Exports: Engineer, time to get into the boiler room
The Prime Minister says our exports are up 6.2 percent. We believe him because prime ministers don't dissimulate. He also wants our exports to grow by 30 percent next year.…
An economy built on debt
Pakistan is an investment-starved country. The ways and means to attract investment are not working well. The Board of Investment (BOI) has utterly failed to attract investment into the country.…
Ignoring Israeli war crimes
In the modern age of information, some important events catch the attention of people across the world, while other equally important incidents go unnoticed. This is what happened over the…
Future fires
EVERYTHING that could go wrong with Gul Plaza did go wrong, just as it had in the Baldia factory fire of 2012. Between these two tragic milestones, the city witnessed…
What the mountains can teach us
THE heated debate in the National Assembly over the cutting of a few thousand paper mulberry trees in Islamabad was a pleasant surprise. The concern expressed by members across the political divide,…
