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…
FATF: upcoming challenges
The first meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) after Pakistan’s exit from the list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring (commonly known as the Grey List) was held from…
Pepco’s revival
Pepco (Pakistan Electric Power Company) has been revived under a legal arrangement of being a “Managing Agent”. The role of Pepco, briefly speaking, is to monitor and coordinate the operations…
UK’s G7 gives a taste of upcoming climate conference
Britain is using its G7 summit to mobilise allies ahead of the COP26 conference in November in Glasgow amid pressure from environmental groups to make the meeting count. The climate…
The upcoming budget
The federal cabinet has undergone a major change hardly eight weeks prior to the presentation of the national budget 2021-22. The ignominious exit of Federal Minister of Finance Dr Hafeez…
Pepco revival: more to be done
The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) has been revised under a legal arrangement of being a “Managing Agent”. The role of Pepco, briefly speaking, is to monitor and coordinate the…
Reviving Pepco
Many changes are going on in the energy sector; recently, the two ministries of power and petroleum have been merged into a unified ministry; now directives have been issued for…
Reviving Pepco
Many changes are going on in the energy sector; recently, the two ministries of power and petroleum have been merged into a unified ministry; now directives have been issued for…
The Kaptaan’s popcorn theatre
Another deadline issued. Another ultimatum from the container – of a cataclysmic reformation in the offing. We hang from the lip of the crevice of political uncertainty, as November 30…
US tries to secure foothold in Africa’s upcoming boom
Barack Obama will land to not much fanfare from the South African public for his first trip to the country as US president. He comes at a time when South…
