Fatal decisions
TIMING is everything, especially in politics. Mistiming can be fatal, as three recent leaders, now out of power, have learned. In October 1999, PM Mian Nawaz Sharif decided to remove…
TIMING is everything, especially in politics. Mistiming can be fatal, as three recent leaders, now out of power, have learned. In October 1999, PM Mian Nawaz Sharif decided to remove…
THE global female prison population is growing at a faster rate than that of men. While women still represent a smaller percentage of the total prison population in most countries,…
HOURS after the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced its monetary policy decision cutting the key policy rate by one percentage point, the business community was in an uproar. They…
WHEN I first started working as a journalist, my senior colleagues and field-hardened editors introduced me to the concept of the release valve. I was often surprised that we were…
Transitioning to climate-friendly electric vehicles (EVs) is crucial for Pakistan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve sustainability. With a projected population of over 400 million and 70 per cent…
Social protection has been defined in official documents in Pakistan as “public initiatives which provide income or consumption transfers to the poor, protect the vulnerable against livelihood risks and volatility…
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once famously remarked, “Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time”. In Pakistan, those steps aren’t just obstructed but actively cemented…
The significance of climate risk insurance in today’s world extends far beyond just financial security. It is a crucial lifeline for communities facing the devastating impacts of a rapidly changing…
Finding an easy solution to a complex problem appears to be the prevailing strategy to achieve a two-pronged objective: buying time and garnering positive publicity for cosmetic efforts. How else…
A new law in the Sindh Assembly aims to abolish the original civil jurisdiction of the Sindh High Court (SHC). What exactly is original civil jurisdiction, and what are the…