Climate change crisis, floods, and role of government
Fast-unfolding climate change crisis, which has strong imprint on the recent floods has once again – just like in 2022 – thrown light on the lack of resilient economy. Moreover,…
The real disaster is the system
Prevention is better than cure’ and ‘History repeats itself’ are cliches that capture the painful reality of our country. Floods in Pakistan precipitate scarcity and poverty. Pakistan is an agricultural…
Why Kalabagh Dam is not an option
For decades, the Kalabagh Dam has been pitched as the silver bullet to Pakistan’s water and power challenges. By the numbers, it promises thousands of megawatts of hydropower and millions…
This deluge of misgovernance
Some voices have romanticised the idea of letting Pakistan’s rivers run untamed, imagining that flows could simply be left to nature. The notion is appealing in theory but perilous in…
Power shift
PAKISTAN is in the grip of another extreme monsoon season. Once again, cloudbursts and flash floods in KP and parts of Punjab have damaged infrastructure, displaced communities and laid bare…
Modi’s China ploy
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been having quite a rocky ride of late. Of course, if one were to go purely by the way much of the mainstream India…
Rewiring the supply chain
In today’s global economy, supply chain transparency has become essential. International buyers, regulatory bodies and consumers now demand traceability and ethical sourcing. Failing to meet these standards risks exclusion from…
Homes against floods
Pakistan’s catastrophic floods of 2022 submerged nearly a third of the country, washing away homes, livelihoods and a fragile sense of security. Entire districts in Sindh and Balochistan disappeared under…
Climate diplomacy
Climate change is a global challenge affecting countries in various ways: floods, glacier melt, heatwaves, sea-level rise and droughts. Currently, Europe is experiencing intense heatwaves, sparking wildfires and posing serious…
External financing in FY2025-26
One of the key indicators in the federal budget is the projected level of external financing to partly finance the budget deficit. The expectation in 2024-25 was that there would…
