Lack of awareness of IMF conditions
Pakistan’s private sector elite in industry and the farm sectors, major non-institutional recipients of budgeted expenditure and an influence behind the continued reliance on indirect taxes as a revenue source…
Digital technology: a promising future for cotton farming
Digital technology has revolutionised industries across the globe, and its impact on agriculture has become increasingly profound. Not only has it simplified the lives of farmers, but it has also…
Extra burden
QUALITY education entails the holistic nurturing of learners, including their cognitive, social, physical, and mental well-being. However, the physical and mental well-being of students is compromised as they often lack…
Move towards better policymaking
According to a recent analysis of Scimago, the world’s leading database of scholarly literature and analytics, Pakistan has witnessed remarkable advancements in the last twenty years in international research rankings…
Forty years of SPELT
It was in 1990 that I managed to get my first teaching job as an English language teacher at the Pakistan American Cultural Centre (PACC) in Karachi. I was 26…
Serving digitally
PAKISTAN’s digital landscape is undergoing a seismic shift. From vibrant, swarming urban tech hubs to remote villages buzzing with mobile internet connectivity, a digital revolution is reshaping the nation. Yet,…
Stability-instability
ONE of the first concepts in undergraduate economics textbooks is the distinction between positive and normative analysis. A positive analysis describes the world objectively, or as it is empirically observed,…
Humanitarian women
ON March 8, 2024, the world will commemorate International Women’s Day as it does every year. This year, perhaps much more than other years, the day falls in the midst…
Sporting futures
PAKISTAN is a one-sport nation, and has been for the better part of five decades. Given its sheer population, underachievement across all other sports is extremely stark. Hockey languishes outside…
The national fiscal pact
A new important piece in the legal domain of Pakistan’s public finance management system is the National Fiscal Pact (NFP), which reportedly all four provinces have now signed onto. The…
