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Performance review

Bringing in an era of good governance was one key component of the PTI election manifesto. After coming to power, PM Khan recruited two stalwarts in their field – Shehzad…

‘World Economic Outlook’ and IMF’s own performance

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released the April edition of its flagship report ‘World Economic Outlook (WEO)’ titled ‘Managing divergent recoveries’, where it revised upward its earlier projection for…

Setting national standards

After a long haul, this month’s (April 7) decision by the Council of Common Interest (CCI) to have uniform food standards in the whole country might be a step in…

HEC teams visit universities for performance evaluation

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has successfully concluded evaluation visits of three HEC recognised higher education institutions through Institutional Performance Evaluation (IPE) and Postgraduate Programme Review (PGPR). The universities evaluated…

Improving performance

In the last few months, I have shared my views on a number of development topics. With so much expectation attached to a new government, it was an opportune time…

Measuring Performance

Measuring performance

At no time in our chequered history have the federal and provincial governments been under greater pressure to provide results that matter to the public, often within severe resource constraints.…

Revitalising CSS Performance

Revitalising CSS performance

The first competitive examination under the newly revised Central Superior Services (CSS) subject syllabi was held earlier this year. Out of 9,643 candidates who appeared in the competitive exam, only…

Governance Performance

Governance performance

People have a lot of hopes tied to the newly-elected government in the aftermath of a failed government. Quite a backlog is there to be handled. The new government would…

Evaluation troubles

Human capital forms the foundation of an organization’s success. Recognizing this, organizations invest significant resources in hiring the best available talent and training them according to the organization’s vision, making…