An eviction epidemic
The government is gearing up to demolish Rehmanabad, a more than 50-year-old working-class neighbourhood in Karachi inhabited by one of the most oppressed and vulnerable communities in the city. Rehmanabad’s…
Resilient infrastructure
The construction of infrastructure on resilient foundations leads to such structures absorbing and preventing sudden and severe shocks which could include many disasters like floods, glacier melting, earthquakes, cyclones, tsunamis,…
Governance reforms anchored in civil service reforms–II
Compensation structure Civil servants complain about commitment and performance demotivation because their compensation structure compares unfavourably with those in the private sector with similar degree of responsibility and scale and…
Brazil’s new reality
“I have nothing to do with your son’s eye. Take a plane and go. You won’t go through here.” This is what a supporter of Brazil’s outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro…
Criticality of energy management
The current government has been able to secure one additional cargo from Qatar for December 2022 and January 2023 and another expected delivery of commitments made by Eni, which means…
Remembering Aga Khan III
The year 1911 is not a distant past in the history of the subcontinent; Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah, Aga Khan III, in his inaugural address to the Muslim Educational Conference,…
Thousands of workers evicted in Qatar’s capital ahead of World Cup
Qatar has emptied apartment blocks housing thousands of foreign workers in the same areas in the centre of the capital Doha where visiting soccer fans will stay during the World…
A climate of crime
There has been an extraordinary rise in street crime across major cities in the country, notably Karachi and Lahore. According to official figures and in a matter also discussed in…
Gas shortages: Tough winters ahead
Winters are coming. And a massive gas crisis is in the making. The demand for domestic sector is growing unabated due to low prices while the supply (both indigenous gas…
UK insider dealing probes dipped since Covid-19
British authorities have searched five homes and arrested eight people in connection with insider-dealing investigations since March 2020, pointing to a lull in regulatory action at a time when widespread…
