National budget considerations
This is the time for the economic managers of the government to sit down and come up with the national budget for the next fiscal year. Needless to say that…
The 26th Amendment in judicial focus: Part – I
There are multiple ways to look at the 26th Constitutional Amendment that Pakistan’s parliament passed on Oct 21, 2024. Since the passage of the 25th Amendment in May 2018, there…
26th Amendment and judicial balance
The British Empire spawned the three federations of Canada, Australia and India almost under similar laws enacted in 1867, 1901 and 1935 respectively. The Indian federation was partitioned in 1947…
Procrastination
THERE appears to be a general consensus in Pakistan, across the political divide, that Gilgit-Baltistan be integrated as a provisional province. The GB committee set up by prime minister Nawaz…
Fixing fiscal imbalances
Though Pakistan’s fiscal imbalances have been persisting since its inception, yet no serious efforts are yet in the offing to remedy the situation and remove the causes, inbuilt in the…
Centre restores HEC’s Rs65bn recurring budget, says chairman
Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Mukhtar Ahmed said on Tuesday that the government has reversed the decision to cut the commission’s recurring budget from Rs65 billion to Rs25 billion…
Pakistan’s economic legacy
Assessing Pakistan’s economic legacy is more than a historical reflection; it is a critical analysis of its trajectory. Successive governments’ policies shape growth, stability, and resilience, impacting the nation’s economy…
‘Admissions row’ puts future of 400 medical students in Punjab at stake
A tussle between two private medical and dental colleges and the University of Health Sciences (UHS) has put the future of nearly 400 students at stake when the former reportedly…
Ties with India
MANAGING the troubled relationship with India has been Pakistan’s most arduous foreign policy challenge. The mutual hostility has its roots in the bitterness of the manner in which the partition…
Alarming threat of global warming and lagging climate finance
The progress made since the landmark Paris Agreement back in 2015 is seriously lagging as pointed out by a recently released ‘Production Gap Report 2023: phasing down or phasing up’,…
