Criticality of business enabling environment
‘Business by the businessmen alone. There is little room for bureaucracy and politics in it’. This is the basic structure of economic governance on which all the successful global economies…
Youm-e-Takbeer: the day Pakistan’s defence was made impregnable
May 28 is the special day for Pakistan, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) and the public at large. On this day, the scientists, engineers and technicians of the country delivered…
For a sustainable tomorrow
The UN theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2022, is ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’. It also supports the main theme of the 66th session on the Commission…
Saudi Arabia nabs new China oil demand
Saudi Arabia is set to expand its market share in China this year for the first time since 2012, with demand stirred up by new Chinese refiners pushing the kingdom…
Water sustainability in Pakistan – II
Waste discharge into drains and rivers has resulted into deteriorating water quality According to a study, 50 million people in the country are at risk of arsenic poisoning from contaminated…
Water sustainability in Pakistan – I
The following are excerpts from State Bank of Pakistan's annual report "The State of Pakistan's Economy" 2016-17: 7.1 Overview Water is a crucial resource for the livelihood of people and sustained…
Preparing to live sustainably alongside increasing natural risks
The past few weeks have been a grim reminder that natural disasters know no borders. They can strike countries at opposite ends of the globe simultaneously and whether in Asia…
Sustainable funding
How much is our health worth? If Covid-19 has given any guide, clearly not enough. This stark reality has been ignored for too long – at a price the whole…
An inability to think
A day after the PTI-led coalition easily defeated the opposition in the National Assembly to win the approval of the ‘mini-budget’ that is dictated by the IMF, Prime Minister Imran…
The sustainable development goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations are a successor to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The latter covered the period 2000 to 2015 while the former are…
