COP30: promise to performance
THE Conference of the Parties (COP) emerged under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), adopted at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Its purpose was clear yet…
New vision, new approach for AJK
A major political reshuffle appears imminent in Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK). But will it effectively revive the legitimacy of the prevailing political settlement among the people of AJK? Prima…
Health is a right, not a privilege
The media is rife with stories these days about the 27th Amendment coming soon. Taking this once more as an opportunity to highlight the significance of health in national development,…
Problems with the Taliban
The cross-border attacks by terrorist groups with sanctuary on Afghan soil and facilitation from external actors, including India, have compelled Pakistan to adopt a more assertive stance. Pakistan’s recent precision…
Food privilege
Eating healthy is a privilege, not a choice, in Pakistan. The World Bank’s latest poverty line benchmark is set at $3.00 per person per day, entailing that anyone living on…
NA body praises MDCAT 2025, calls for further reforms
The National Assembly Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination on Friday acknowledged the improvement in the conduct of MDCAT 2025 and recommended further measures to ensure transparency…
Protecting democratic ideals
THE modern authoritarian threat reminds one of an old saying attributed to Mark Twain: “Everyone talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” However, Yale history professor Timothy…
Protest politics
A DEMOCRACY activist wins the Nobel Peace Prize and the president of one of the world’s most powerful democracies begrudges her the honour. The best author would struggle to coin…
GB’s pre-poll report card
FOR 75 years, Gilgit-Baltistan has been trapped in a constitutional limbo. Bound by an agreement with Kashmiri leaders, its people lived under direct federal control, with no say in their…
Developing provincial NDCs
PAKISTAN presented its first Nationally Determined Contributions in 2016, updating it in 2021 and most recently submitting NDC 3.0 last month. The latest asks for $565.7 billion in climate finance.…
