Why merging PCCC and PARC matters
To enhance the effectiveness of cotton research and development in Pakistan, there is an urgent need for comprehensive, federal-level strategic planning. A key step in this process would be the…
We, the 1.21pc
I BELONG to Pakistan’s 75-plus age group. According to the 2017 census, my contemporaries, who were born in 1944 or earlier, constitute only 1.21pc of the total population of this…
Over 42pc varsities nationwide have no vice chancellors
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court was told on Wednesday that as many as 66 out of a total of 154 (or 42.8pc) public-sector Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in…
It’s about time MPC revisited its policy stance
The monetary policy committee is meeting next Monday. In the last review, two out of ten members voted for a rate cut of 100 basis points (bps), leading to a…
PMDC to review proposal to increase MBBS passing marks to 70pc: officials
A proposal to increase the passing marks for the MBBS exams from 50 to 70 percent is under consideration and will be discussed at the next council meeting of the…
As world swelters, will new IPCC climate science chief be a woman?
Amid scorching heatwaves from Europe to China and the United States, governments will this week pick a new leader for the UN’s flagship science panel on climate change - with…
IPC: Pioneering global cooperation among parliamentarians
The International Parliamentarians’ Congress (IPC) exemplifies an evolutionary response to the rapidly changing global context. It embodies the spirit of global cooperation and shared responsibility in addressing pressing international issues.…
Who wants to be the PCB chief?
The intense manoeuvring that goes into the selection of the person in charge at Gaddafi Stadium always makes for some most intriguing viewing. And in the final analysis, it is…
HEC to get 30pc development funding raise
As government universities struggle with cash squeeze amid a national economic crisis, their regulator is likely to receive 30 per cent more development funding in the upcoming fiscal from Prime…
An upcoming catastrophe
The recommendations we are going to discuss here may create unrealistic expectations from the authorities as we are stuck with useless governance and running down them for their worthlessness doesn’t…
