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Anti-export bias’ stifling growth

Pakistan’s trade imbalance is largely attributed to declining export competitiveness, a point which has been re-emphasized in last week’s Pakistan Development Update by the World Bank. This report has laid…

Children’s rights

EVERY year, Nov 20 marks the World Children’s Day — a reminder of the pledge made by world leaders 32 years ago by signing the Convention on the Rights of…

Singapore & Shenzhen ports

The Gwadar Port (GP) is the golden opportunity for Pakistan to transform itself into a prosperous nation of the region through the path of robust economic growth, creation of higher…

EAC: Some suggestions

The government has formed a high-level council – Economic Advisory Council (EAC) – to formulate long-, medium- and short-term plans for important sectors of the economy with a view to…

Kindly stick to your constitutional lane

Restricting the establishment within its constitutionally mandated lane cannot be achieved until politicians restrict themselves to their own constitutional domain. While the constitution envisages a specified role for state institutions,…

Aurat March and its ‘critics’

As every year, this year too Pakistan’s women joined their sisters round the globe in rallying for their rights on March 8, International Women’s Day. For the last few years,…