NA takes up heavy legislative business without quorum

Islamabad: The National Assembly on Tuesday carried out a heavy legislative business, including passage of nine and introduction of six bills, as Deputy Speaker Zahid Akram Durrani continued the proceedings of the house on the...

Power efficiency

‘The grapes are sour’ is a dictum that in some ways echoes the situation of Pakistan’s power sector. The sour grapes symbolise the falling electricity demand due to ever-increasing tariffs, slow economic growth, and an inc...

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Missing the bigger picture

In October, as cooler temperatures arrived and smog started to fill the skies across Punjab, the provincial government rolled out the Roadmap for Smog Mitigation in Punjab 2024-2025. However, this plan raises more question...

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Milei, Argentina and Pakistan

Argentina, in many respects, resembles Pakistan. Once the superstar economy of South America doing reasonably well, it has had to go through repeated economic turmoil through decades, making it a familiar patient in the IMF wa...

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Banks and larger goals

That banks in Pakistan “prioritise profit over purpose” and promote financial products with limited knowledge of their impact on individuals and society is not surprising. Businesses in this country — banks and other finan...

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Humanity at risk

Human trafficking continues to remain an area where the state has utterly failed its citizens. While global partnerships — the likes of those with the US embassy and various NGOs — have strived over the years to combat this ...

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