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Climate report card 2024

IN a world shaped by accelerating climate change, disruptive technologies, geopolitical conflicts and massive human displacements, the need for bold action and value-driven leadership is critical to bend the arc…

Porous loans

“Rags make paper/ paper makes money/ Money makes banks/ Banks make loans/ Loans make beggars/ Beggars make rags” — an 18th-century poem, when paper was made from rags, not trees.…

Growth in exports

Pakistan’s merchandize exports have shown double-digit growth rate of 10.5 percent in the first half of 2024-25. This must be deemed a good performance for two reasons. First, this is…

Our food export paradox

Pakistan’s food export sector is a story of paradoxes: while boasting record-breaking breakthroughs, it remains overshadowed by systemic inefficiencies that threaten its long-term sustainability. As I reflect on the recent…

Economic repercussions of reliance on cotton imports

Pakistan’s economy is fundamentally rooted in agriculture, with cotton serving as the cornerstone of its agricultural framework and related industries. Cotton is not only essential for the agricultural sector but…