Attaining energy security through coal
Coal is back but with application of Clean Coal Technologies which augers well for Pakistan, this was the clear message shared at the 40th International Pittsburgh Coal Conference held in…
The judicial phoenix
THERE is certainty in the land; a peaceful resignation surrounds the fact that elections have taken place. When he let the ECP take the PTI’s bat away, the chief justice said…
‘Economic wars’ and national strength
The seventh annual edition of the ThinkFest literary event was held in Lahore this past weekend. Dr Yaqoob Bangash – whose day job as a historian makes him especially sensitive…
Kissinger’s victims
Historian Greg Grandin, in his 2015 biography of Henry Kissinger, estimated that Kissinger’s policies were responsible for 3 to 4 million deaths around the world – from Vietnam to Pakistan,…
Fallout of the Gaza war
One and a half months after Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel from Gaza on October 7, 2023, and despite the temporary truce allowing an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian…
Hate nurtured and sanity bartered
I have often written about the degenerative trends which seem to be swamping society and the destructive impact the phenomenon will generate for all to suffer. Unfortunately, there has been…
Wall Street heads to court to fend off Biden’s regulators
Facing a wave of new rules and encouraged by a sympathetic judiciary, US financial firms and their trade groups are growing bolder about fighting Democratic President Joe Biden’s regulators in…
It’s in country’s interest to proactively pursue offshore oil and gas exploration
The discovery of oil and gas has remarkably changed the fate of many countries. Not too long ago, people that used to live in abject poverty are now reaping the…
Anatomisation of power tariff
Power Sector as a whole and specifically the electricity tariff is under discussion every day. All and sundry are challenging the validity and veracity of DISCO billing as being patently…
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…
