Public service reforms — III
In order to allow for the transition to a unified single public service, those who are currently working as civil servants will be automatically admitted into the fast stream. The…
Will health tax undermine public health?
Ever since the PTI government took charge, severe reservations have been raised on their pre-election rhetoric of broadening the tax base rather than further taxing the current taxpayers however, post-elections…
Fearing data privacy issues: Google cuts some Android phone data for wireless carriers
Alphabet Inc’s Google has shut down a service it provided to wireless carriers globally that showed them weak spots in their network coverage, people familiar with the matter told Reuters,…
Rethink public accountability
Last week, at a conference on innovative finance, Planning Minister Asad Umar commented on a question on risks associated with public private partnership (PPP) projects that when bad decisions are…
HEC to fund ideas meant to resolve national progress issues
The Higher Education Commission is encouraging universities to come up with executable ideas to resolve the problems hindering national progress and all such ideas would be funded for execution, HEC…
IMF programme design and public
The uploading of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff report on its website this week past highlights two major thrusts of the thirty nine-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) that are…
Serious issues in current programme with IMF
Falling among a select list of countries, Pakistan has been a prolonged or frequent user of International Monetary Fund (IMF) resources. Research has indicated that such countries form a strong…
Public sector varsities facing funding shortage: HEC chief
Public sector universities are facing a funding shortage and some are in dire need of financial support, Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman Dr Tariq Banuri told a Senate committee on…
HEC issues final notification to abolish two-year BA/BSc, MA/MSc
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has issued a final direction to all the public and private universities of the country and their affiliated colleges to abolish two-year BA/BSc programme and…
The republic of chaos
Some feelings and concepts are difficult to grasp. Chaos is one of these. The kind of chaos that comes after an earthquake or any other natural disaster can of course…
