Solar revolution
THE energy industry, as we know it, is driving climate change at full speed. Energy production accounts for over three quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions and nearly 90 per…
The missing link in fiscal devolution
Pakistan’s federal fiscal system faces acute challenges as it negotiates the distribution of resources between the centre and provinces. On August 22, President Asif Ali Zardari constituted the 11th National…
The devil’s breath
Flash floods, extreme rains and record-breaking heatwaves are no longer anomalies in Pakistan. They are the unmistakable signs of an accelerating climate crisis. It feels as if the devil’s breath…
Seventy-eight – and still standing
Seventy-eight years after independence, this lesson is our compass: survival is not enough; we must turn survival into strategy. Hope in Pakistan cannot be naïve. It has to be earned…
Reviving the two-state solution
Amid Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza with the possibility of an immediate ceasefire becoming even more distant, the High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of…
Deluge of devastation
Pakistan is going through one of its strongest and deadliest monsoons ever. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Office and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the current monsoon season and…
Never again?
‘NEVER again. And yet, here we are. Again.’ Two years into Israel’s war on Gaza, the global debate is still trapped in grotesque semantics: is this genocide, or ‘merely ethnic…
Token feminism in development
WOMEN in Pakistan constitute 48.5 per cent of the population but face systemic disadvantages in education, healthcare and economic participation. To realise the country’s full potential, increasing women’s economic participation…
Newly developed MDCAT question bank inaugurated
Federal Minister for National Health Services Syed Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday inaugurated the newly developed Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) Question Bank at the Pakistan Medical and Dental…
CSA concludes first-ever HEC officers training programme
The Pakistan Civil Services Academy (CSA) concluded the first cohort of its Higher Education Commission (HEC) Officers Training Programme on Friday, marking a significant step. Titled “Transforming Governance: Enhancing Public Sector…
