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OOP health expenditures

IF health is a human right, then the inability to pay for essential healthcare should not be a barrier. This is why financial protection for healthcare is an integral component…

Suicidal behaviour

CHILDREN constitute around 45 per cent of the Pakistani population, with 22.7pc adolescents from 10 to 19 years. Along with their educational, safety and physical health needs, there is also…

Our FDI follies

The FDI strategies the current government has adopted are ill-timed and can deeply harm our future economy. The nation needs to debate the tactics and approach before investments are crystallized…

Comparing economic performances

PEOPLE often ask which political party has the best track record of managing the economy and producing the best results. It is a tricky question to give a straightforward answer…

Centering the children

The idea of the Charter of Economy has gained traction since the PPP began weighing on it. We don’t know yet the details nor the broad features of this charter.…

Covid-19 pandemic, leadership & apathy

In a country of about 210 million people, about 10,000 individuals, prominent in business or profession or holding key positions in state institutions, think they know each and everything and…

Harmful taxation of IT/telecom sectors

The Pakistan telecom sector contributes steady inflow of heavy tax collections under major heads like Activation Tax, GST/FED, the PTA fee & charges and others. The PTA has been advocating…

Don’t try to reinvent the wheel

At the fag-end of last month and with the next general elections only 23 months away, Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, in a manner of reinventing the wheel, unveiled a three-year…

Barometer of climate ambition

PAKISTAN has just submitted its updated Nationally Determined Contributions to the UN’s climate change secretariat, making some clear and ambitious commitments. Pakistan’s NDC is perhaps one of the most action-oriented…

Reasoned policy matters

Public policy in Pakistan is ubiquitous and impactful. To gauge the net impact of the seventy plus years of policymaking, we can look to see where the sum total of…