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The fantasy of Uraan Pakistan

Pakistan’s history of economic planning is a tale of lofty ambitions, impractical promises, and recurring disappointments. The recently launched Uraan Pakistan, envisioned as a five-year National Economic Transformation Plan, is…

Untapped minerals economy

Mining the earth for natural resources is a profitable business strategy employed by many nations, including China, Italy, Turkey, Spain and Brazil. The contribution of the mineral sector is multifarious:…

Youth mental health

IT was a couple of years before Covid-19 that I started realising that something was changing quite fundamentally on the mental health front for students who were coming to my…

Untamed economy

The State Bank of Pakistan’s latest interest rate cut, on Monday, by another two per cent to 13 per cent in response to demands from segments of the business community…

Siege mentality

BARRICADING the capital, using cargo containers to block roads, closing highways, breaking up protest rallies, banning public gatherings, arresting opposition supporters, raiding homes of opposition leaders, policing the media, orchestrating internet outages,…

Protests, containers, repeat

Islamabad, once a symbol of order and governance, has now turned into a city of perpetual chaos every weekend. For most people around the world, weekends mean family time, self-care,…

Tantamount to travesty

Knowledge can perhaps be broken down, at its core, into two fundamental elements: (i) the conceptual aspect which is the foundation upon which it is built; and (ii) the medium…

Environmental diplomacy

The art of downplaying a dilemma or a disaster has been mastered by Pakistani politicians. They have done so in the past – and continue this trend with the ongoing…

Controlling container traffic

A horrible accident took place around the Native Jetty Bridge the other day. A truck with containers was crossing the bridge when one of the containers just got loose and…