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Why the WTO matters now

Launched in 1995, the World Trade Organization (WTO) was intended to create a stable, transparent, predictable and rule-based framework for global commerce, with a legally binding and impartial dispute settlement…

Ex-parte

IT is quite unjust of our justice system, particularly the civil and district courts, to hear the representatives of parties to a dispute at different, unscheduled times for the rendering…

A nearly dead delta

Pakistan's vital Indus River Delta, a historically fertile and ecologically rich region, is disappearing at an alarming rate, facing a catastrophic crisis driven by drastically reduced river flows, land erosion,…

Digital dangers

AMONG the paradoxes of our era is that globalisation has been connecting the world and also fragmenting it. The world is more interconnected than ever before but also atomised. This…

Visionary effort

The launch of the URAAN Pakistan framework began a debate in economic and political circles. While some critics discard it as yet another policy intervention attempt with limited implementation prospects,…

A silent revolution in development

‘Revolution’ is a term used rather loosely lately. From a regime change in Bangladesh to a green initiative claiming to transform agriculture in Pakistan, so many big and small changes…

Margins to mainstream

In the shadows of Pakistan’s booming industrial hubs, millions of women power the country’s informal economy -- often unseen and unprotected. Their labour sustains critical circular economy systems from waste…

Pakistan’s digital revolution

Pakistan stands at the brink of a digital revolution, with AI and the metaverse offering unprecedented economic opportunities. The global metaverse market, valued at approximately $234 billion in 2022, is…