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Commitments for a sustainable future

The pursuit of climate prosperity has become a defining theme of international cooperation, signalling the end of an era when climate commitments were viewed in isolation from socio-economic development with…

A grim future

THE recent decision of the interim government to deport all ‘illegal immigrants’ from Pakistan after Nov 1 has created a humanitarian crisis for refugees and asylum seekers, in particular for Afghan refugees.…

Powering the future

The Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 adopted by UN member-states has shifted the world towards a more sustainable and environment friendly transportation sector. Electric vehicles (EV) are considered as an excellent…

A sustainable future

A few days ago, the streets of Azad Jammu and Kashmir were ablaze with anger, echoing the frustration of people yearning for a brighter future. While Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s…

We need leaders of the future

With just four weeks until the ballot box decides who will be in the saddle for the next five years, Pakistan stands at a precipice, choked by a suffocating polycrisis.…

A bleak future

No matter how much one tries to be optimistic, policymakers continue to make decisions that only push the country and its people to an uncertain future. There is little realization…

Energy for the future

Pakistan has a perennial energy deficit, and that deficit keeps on growing. The growth in energy deficit is both a function of underinvestment in energy, incessant subsidies, and inability of…

Pakistan and the future

Pakistan at the moment is attempting to crawl out of a crisis created by three and a half years of incompetent governance. But all of us know that the PDM…

For a greener future

The world we live in seems to be under constant assault. From unprecedented shifts in global alliances, threats to formerly secure political hegemonies, sky-rocketing inflation across world economies to calamitous…