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Pakistan, and international global financial order

In the recently released report ‘Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia’ by International Monetary Fund (IMF), one of its comments on Pakistan’s economy was ‘For… Pakistan, policy interest…

Women, inequality and the bar

Pakistan’s women lawyers got a boost recently when two women lawyers Rabiya Bajwa and Sabahat Rizvi were elected as vice-president and secretary-general of the Lahore High Court Bar. Before this,…

Pakistan’s climate crisis

Every year, we are seeing new undeniable climate events, clear evidence that accelerated climate change is here. Droughts are intensifying, oceans are acidifying and with the fast melting of the…

An inclusive Pakistan

On August 14, the entire nation will celebrate the diamond jubilee (75th anniversary) of the creation of Pakistan. Under the direction of Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf, four-day diamond…

Addressing Pakistan’s ‘loss and damage’

There are 33 million Pakistanis today whose lives have been directly affected by the 2022 floods. When the country experienced the 2010 floods, some of us thought we would never…

Water sustainability in Pakistan – II

Waste discharge into drains and rivers has resulted into deteriorating water quality According to a study, 50 million people in the country are at risk of arsenic poisoning from contaminated…

An Iran-Pakistan economic corridor?

There was this hope, however diffident, that Pakistan would take full advantage of India’s current willingness to re-establish relations with Islamabad and pend our age-old Kashmir policy until we had…

Glasgow agreement and Pakistan—II

Major energy source remains to be Thar coal. Thar coal can be liquefied to produce gas (SNG). It is a tried and tested technology. There are more than 125 coal…

Bar politics

Politics with a public purpose is a sacred job. Bar politics is important as a strong justice system is the backbone of any society. However, it appears that on the…