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Document Relevant For Policymakers?

Document relevant for policymakers?

The Economic Survey 2014-15 contains, in common with last year, a clear and distinct bias in favour of the government''''s performance making the document largely irrelevant for policymakers. It has…

Improving mental healthcare

A COUNTRY’S socioeconomic challenges and the risk of ill mental health among the population are closely related. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there is a benefit-cost ratio of…

Rabies: a preventable tragedy

LAST month, a man from Qambar district in Sindh died a slow and agonising death — not from a rare or untreatable illness, but from rabies, which can be prevented…

Betting on Beijing

As Pakistan celebrates a decade since the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor was launched this year, the country found another immediate reason to celebrate its ties to its ‘iron brother’. Last week’s…

A solar remedy

Pakistan stands at a critical juncture in its energy landscape. With a burgeoning population, increasing energy demands and a chronic energy crisis, the need for a sustainable, affordable and reliable…

Inside the fight against online harassment

“I cannot even begin to explain how much of a nightmare that time was. It felt hopeless”, said the father of two minor daughters who became victims of technology-facilitated, image-based…