Power emergency
It has been reported that National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has asked the Prime Minister to declare a national power emergency and take drastic steps for scaling down about…
Education emergency: a social X-ray
THE prime minister recently declared an education emergency, a much-needed and welcome call to action. Our education system is in critical condition and experts must now step forward to revive it.…
Economic emergency
FOR most Pakistanis, the prevailing economic conditions have unleashed unprecedented hardship. Steep power tariffs and high fuel costs have made everything expensive. Even the basic necessities are now beyond the…
How to manage this education emergency
Pakistan’s prime minister’s declaration of an education emergency is a long-overdue recognition of the severe state of the nation’s education system. However, while well-intentioned, the 14-point plan released by the…
Empowering girls
In Pakistan, gender-based violence (GBV) is deeply rooted in traditional norms and cultural practices. While it affects women and girls from all backgrounds – regardless of their social or economic…
Planning educational emergency
‘What the best and wisest parents wants for his own child, that must the community want for all of its children. Any other ideal for our schools is narrow and…
Emergency provisions
WITH each passing day, the state of animosity between the PTI, along with the two provincial governments it controls, and the federal government, that is composed of a multiparty coalition,…
Power failure
Monday’s prolonged power failure across Pakistan was a powerful reminder of the deepening fault lines across the nation, as political rivals raced to seize authority in spite of the country’s…
Economic emergency
Just as ‘Nero’ famously played the flute while Rome burnt, Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has left no chance to repeatedly proclaim his ‘sub achha’ (all is well) mantra as…
Economic emergency
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is out of dollars. We must bring back the IMF. Pakistan’s access to global capital markets has shut down (read: no one is ready…
