Poland throws down gas gauntlet to Russia
Poland on Friday received its first-ever commercial LNG delivery from the Middle East at its brand new Baltic sea terminal, a key step in easing its dependence on Russian gas.…
Benefits of Gadani power plants
Pakistan's power sector is in deep crisis due to massive loadshedding and lack of reliable power supply to meet the existing demand. This situation has arisen due to poor planning…
The last opportunity, perhaps
We don't have our own sources of energy; we do not own enough capital to provide even two square meals to our burgeoning population and; being too far behind in…
How gas could warm relations between Israel and Turkey
On the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in Washington in March, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a private meeting with Israel's energy minister, Yuval Steinitz. It was the…
Is Pakistan running out of gas?
PTI Chairman Imran Khan insists that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province is brimming with a plenty of natural gas. In a recent meeting with a small group of journalists Khan complained…
The reality behind the budgetary façade
Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), a policy research think tank has refuted a number of official claims about the outgoing year as well as some of the projections for…
In crisis-ridden Venezuela, electricity is also scarce
Venezuelans are accustomed to severe shortages of oil, diapers and other staple products. But those hoping to buy what they could find got a new unpleasant surprise this week. They…
Poverty diagnostics
The official poverty figures are out after a gap of nine years. According to the Planning Commission, 29.5 percent of the population or roughly “60 million” (as per the official…
Why domestic savings still heading south?
Does highest growth in eight years and lowest inflation in decades mean that the economy is on right track? Let's probe this hypothesis by analysing factors behind improved macros. Growth…
SDGs: the way forward
The year 2015 proved to be a successful year of cooperation among countries to end global poverty by 2030 without compromising the health of the planet. In March 2015, the…
