Building high-tech industries
Pakistan’s development strategy should be primarily focused on the manufacture and export of high-tech goods. Therein lies our salvation. Knowledge today is the single biggest power engine for the sustainable…
Application of slag in steel, other industries
he steel industry of Pakistan has been facing a number of challenges including but not limited to import of raw materials at a competitive price owing to currency fluctuations as…
Regulating new industries for a better economic outlook
Since our nation's existence, Pakistanis have been in a constant 'state of demand' with the governments for the very basic rights, i.e., proper transportation system, quality education, uninterrupted supply of…
Gas and nuclear industries fight to the end for ‘green’ EU investment label
The gas and nuclear industries have ramped up lobbying to secure last-ditch changes to European rules defining which investments are sustainable, fearing that exclusion from a new "green" list could…
Musical industries and performing rights society
Musicians, authors, composers and songwriters have a general fear that their work will be used by others without their permission or knowledge, and that they will not be compensated for…
Iraq, US film industries struggle with war
Films about the Iraq war are about as popular at the box office as Saddam Hussein would have been at a Kurdish wedding. Whether dealing with the war directly, its…
Pakistan must change direction
Pakistan’s persistent failure to develop a strong economy and combat growing poverty stems from incompetent governance accompanied by massive corruption at the highest levels, leading to economic collapse, and bringing…
Continuity
No zero-sum political theatrics, please. No idle shipping containers blocking roads, disrupting lives, and choking the economy, please. Absolutely no disruptive dharnas that paralyse cities. What Pakistanis desperately need are…
Weapons for peace
As I entered the Karachi Expo Centre to attend the International Defence Exhibition And Seminar – IDEAS 2024, I felt as if I had arrived at a battlefield on the…
Optimising COP29
THE global demand for skilled workers in green technologies is growing. This is important for Pakistan, where climate change and environmental degradation are urgent concerns. Green Technical and Vocational Education…
