Social entrepreneurship is the new mantra of development economics that tends to shape the development policy discourse as a counter-narrative to the conventional participatory approaches of rural development. Conventional bottom-up…
May 1 – a day celebrated the world over to acknowledge and celebrate the services and contributions of labourers and workers – is generally limited to platitudes and cliches. Though…
Balochistan is widely recognised as a pivotal point to create greater peace and security in Pakistan. As a province that is rich in natural resources, it offers great potential for…
There are two prevailing mindsets that could account for the staggered growth of female education in Pakistan: that which thinks of education as an asset, and the other which views…
Fata, known for its elusive terrain and fabled tribesmen, has been turned into an untenable area purportedly to eliminate terrorists’ cubby holes. The success of Operation Zarb-e-Azb, launched in 2014,…
According to a report titled Understanding the Informal Justice System: Opportunities and Possibilities for Legal Pluralism in Pakistan (2015), 98.2 per cent of respondents in a survey opined that the…
Has winter turned the corner? The gruelling cold till a week ago has suddenly, without warning, given way to milder days. Signs of spring abound. While a cold snap is…
Car owners love free parking. We resist going to places that don’t offer ample parking, and where demand for parking is big. Our parking laws, however, focus too extensively on…
Children suffer the most from fossil fuel burning. Fossil fuel combustion and associated air pollution and carbon dioxide (CO2) is the root cause of much of children’s ill health children…
The federal budget should be presented in the National Assembly today, after which it will become the subject of grand polemic for the next couple of days. One side will…
