Justice beyond the courtroom
A father plays with his two children in one of the two freshly mowed lawns between the grey structures of the main building and the Chief Justice Complex of the…
Data-driven progress
To drive economic and tax growth in Pakistan, emphasis should be placed on utilizing data-driven techniques to a significant extent. The country has invested in data collection and analysis to…
Solving the infrastructure problem
Pakistan’s infrastructure deficiencies are well documented. The transportation sector suffers from congested roads, outdated railways, and insufficient connectivity between urban and rural areas. The energy sector faces chronic power shortages…
Sustainable agriculture: Part – I
Pakistan is an agricultural economy, and it is important to reinforce the real contribution of agriculture to Pakistan’s GDP. While its direct weightage is approximately 23 per cent, its indirect…
Education and other non-priorities
Around the world, universities have multiple goals. Core among them remains teaching in degree programmes to pass on knowledge, make (mostly) young adults understand the world we inhabit, elevate them…
The finance question
With COP28 only three months away, there is much noise in the climate finance arena. The landmark Africa climate summit (Sep 4-6) along with the ‘Africa Climate Week’ recently concluded…
Biodiversity financing
The Global Biodiversity Framework Fund has been established at the recently held Global Environmental Facility Assembly in Vancouver, Canada. The purpose of the fund is to support the implementation of…
The reunion of the elite
While the announcement of a new economic corridor at the recently held G20 summit may have created a ripple of excitement, it also indicates that rivalries between major economic and…
Bad news for Asian FX, esp PKR
Pakistani monetary authorities can only count their sorrows as King Dollar’s unrelenting advance pushes Asian currencies to lows not seen in months, in some cases years, robbing the Pakistani rupee…
The secret of India’s success
Pakistan today stands at the precipice of a huge disaster. With rampant corruption under the guise of democracy, the dreams of Iqbal, Jinnah and the people who followed them lie…
