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SAPMs & Advisers

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on power and petroleum Tabish Gauhar once again resigned from his post which the Prime Minister this time readily accepted it. Earlier, SAPM on…

The IPP negotiations

THE short-sightedness in dishonouring sovereign contracts will haunt us. The government is guaranteeing high power generation costs for years to come. The private sector began participating in capital-intensive power generation…

Another court

ARE constitutional courts an idea whose time has come in Pakistan? The proposal to constitute one was seriously presented in the Charter of Democracy signed by Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz…

The Qandeel case

THERE’S a passage towards the end of Sanam Maher’s riveting book, The Sensational Life and Death of Qandeel Baloch, “When Wasim returned to Shah Sadar Din after Qandeel was murdered,…

PMDC prohibits prescription of nutraceuticals

Despite strong opposition of the health ministry’s directives regarding the prohibition on prescribing nutraceuticals, the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Thursday endorsed the federal cabinet and Ministry of…

Clear message of no more business as usual—I

Change is taking place slowly and subtly. Recent Cabinet Committee on Economic Reforms’ (CCER’s) deliberations on Sept 25, 2023 highlight increasing interdependency, thereby necessitating a Planning Commission on the lines…

This crisis is a moment: Part – II

The austerity measures being considered by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Revival (CCER) could save Rs424 billion by creating a Single Treasury Account, Rs54 billion in six months by a…