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Mismanagement Or Scarcity?

Mismanagement or scarcity?

There has always been confusion with regard to the prevailing water challenges in the country. There is literature that shows how scarce water is in Pakistan as compared to studies…

PML-N’s economic mismanagement

Three deficits have become an increasing source of concern for Pakistan: budget deficit, current account deficit and poor governance requiring state funded injections to meet the deficit of state-owned entities…

Energy Sector Mismanagement And The RPPs

Energy sector mismanagement and the RPPs

Rental power projects (RPPs) have once again resurfaced as a heatedly debated topic in this country in spite of the matter being sub judice. The original protagonists namely Faisal Saleh…

Our sports spiral

Pakistan’s sports trajectory has been on a continual downward spiral for the last two decades and sports has become a microcosm of the overall national decline. Pakistan’s traditional sporting successes…

Geography of distraction

Whenever someone even hints at changing Sindh’s borders, cue the usual, rehearsed outrage. For days, the TV is full of yelling talk-show hosts and politicians dramatically defending our land. Watching…

Minerals diplomacy

CRITICAL minerals, especially lithium, copper, cobalt, nickel and rare earths, are the oil of the 21st century. The demand for minerals has been exploding due to their consumption in semiconductor…

Net metering fiasco

IF you are trying to follow the discussion around the government’s attempt to reduce net metering rates and find it too technical or too confusing, don’t worry. You’re not alone,…