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A Smooth Transition

A smooth transition

In addition to being ranked as the sixth most populous country in the world, with a population of 206 million, we are ranked at the 147th position with respect to…

Investing In Climate Change

Investing in climate change

Terms such as ‘the environment’ and ‘climate change’ are used interchangeably in development parlance and policy discourses in Pakistan. However, both terms denote entirely different concepts, not only as subject…

Speaking Truth To Power

Speaking truth to power

Arab and Muslim intellectuals often blame many of the Islamic world’s woes on the media and the ‘Zionist lobby’ that apparently controls and sets the agenda of the global media.…

An Incomprehensible Silence

An incomprehensible silence

While the national agenda has been overwhelmed with the Panama leaks, and rightly so given the enormity of the revelations relating to our PM’s family, some important developments impacting Pakistan’s…

PIA-Palpa Standoff Has Finally Ended

PIA-Palpa standoff has finally ended

There was a continuing impasse in the negotiations between the PIA management and the Palpa office-bearers but they seemed to be going round and round in circles and were not…

Zero-sum Squared

Zero-sum squared

Former foreign minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri’s tome titled Neither a Hawk nor a Dove is finally out. The current toxicity in Pakistan-India relations renders it only more relevant. As it…

Refugees: Flaws In EU Governance

Refugees: flaws in EU governance

One doesn’t have to be an opponent of the European project to agree with eurosceptics that today’s EU has evolved into something that is in dire need of fundamental reform…

Inclusive Development

Inclusive development

Being "innovate" is something easier said than done. Regrettably, Pakistan has not been able to develop its capabilities to innovate and commercialise innovation, even in the sectors that the country…

Myth defeats market

First, the ‘good news!’: Pakistan’s recent loss of a $20 million export contract to Sudan is not just a financial setback but a significant blow to its economy. This lucrative…

Pakistan as a global hub

In today’s hyper-connected world, the concept of airport cities, or aerotropolises, offers Pakistan a transformative opportunity to position itself as a global hub for innovation, economic activity, and cultural exchange.…