Partners in social uplift
Notwithstanding the perennial cynicism most of us are afflicted with, our politicians, generals and bureaucrats can get their act together and deliver. Of course some of the generals have transgressed…
Climate-smart cities
WE must recognise the importance of adapting cities to climate change and develop a roadmap to achieve it. The world is rapidly urbanising because of the growing size and density…
When business starts politicking
“I want to leave, it is getting too political”. “I cannot breathe, it is choking”. “Nothing I say gets across to the right quarters”. “They know how to butter up,…
Zen and the art of reading
The World Population Review published data about reading habits by country that recently got some traction. Among other things, it reported the “time spent reading” in terms of the number…
Insurgency and social change
THE recent killing of seven barbershop workers from Punjab in Gwadar is another indicator that the insurgency in Balochistan is evolving and intensifying demographic changes, which will impact the sociopolitical…
Gender, justice, and Pakistan: Part – II
Cultural, social or economic – pick a stratum of identification and we will have breached its lowest point to claim it for ourselves in the bid to hold our women…
Social sector spending
The Federal Ministry of Finance has released the estimates of poverty-related expenditures for 2022-23. Thanks are due to the PRSP Secretariat of the Ministry of Finance for having produced these…