The crisis of too much and too little water
Had a clear mandate been given to a flood management organisation to be the focal agency, the losses in Chitral and Peshawar could have been minimised While the current monsoon…
Domestic economic thought, profession, and ‘dual-track’ pricing mechanism
Although Pakistan came into existence at a time when there was a deeply renewed focus on economic thought process globally in the wake of establishment of Bretton Woods institutions a…
Why Pakistan faltered
As a child, I often wondered why Pakistan was so different from the developed world. On trips abroad, I was struck by how vastly different our country seemed from the…
Who do our cities cater to?
Pakistan boasts a population that reached 241.5 million in 2023, a 16.3 per cent increase since 2017, with 93.8 million in urban areas – a near fourfold rise since 1981.…
The Duck Curve challenge
As the world embraces the era of energy transition, Pakistan stands at a critical juncture where adopting a Just Energy Transition mechanism is not just a choice but an imperative…
Women’s health
THE health of women in Pakistan is in jeopardy. We are talking about the health of 120.7 million citizens of the country, ie, 50 per cent of the population, according…
One history, two futures
HOW a country is organised as a polity casts a long shadow on its economic development. Egypt and Indonesia offer two contrasting examples from recent history. Both these countries have…
Revenge of the Trumpists
TRUMP-endorsed candidates at all levels of government are likely to score convincing victories in the upcoming US midterm elections on Nov 8. Though their prospects were seriously underestimated and even…
Reviving ties
AFTER a decade of contentious engagement, during which mutual ties touched one of their lowest points, Pakistan and the US want to revive relations. What will this relationship look like?…
Misplaced belief
Pakistan is too big to fail. Its geostrategic location, its burgeoning population, its nuclear arsenal. For almost two decades these have been wielded as a threat to the neoliberal order:…
