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Education : A broken promise
Some tragedies make noise, and some take place in silence. Educated youth unemployment is the concern of the latter. Not always does it make the headlines of the newspaper as a human tragedy; it also does not capture the sympathy that is…
Sugar, water and national security: The cartel returns
In 2024/25, 67 sugar mills exported 746,000 tonnes. Retail prices then rose from 143 rupees a kilogram to nearly 200 rupees, and the government had to authorise imports to steady the market. The Auditor General told the Public Accounts…
Beyond the numbers !
A healthy stock exchange is not just about rising share prices, it is about investors’ trust in the economic prospects of a country, companies and the business environment. Blue-chip stocks in Pakistan have always been vital to show the…
KSE a growth engine, mirror and gateway for global investment in Pakistan
In all prosperous economies, there is a financial institution that bears the nation's confidence, ambition and direction. That institution is the Karachi Stock Exchange in Pakistan, which is now called Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). The…
Seventy million poor, They call it recovery
Nearly 70 million Pakistanis now live below the national poverty line. Against the World Bank's $4.20 a day poverty line for lower middle income countries, the figure is around 120 million people. Real household incomes have fallen by 12…
From education to social impact: The positive power of an empowered woman
Education offers a woman so much more than a degree! It enables her to think for herself, to make sense of the world around her, to make decisions, to create new opportunities, to guide others and to make a meaningful contribution to…
Artificial intelligence and workforce
Artificial Intelligence is not a futuristic concept anymore, it is reality and it is happening in any lab or science fiction movie. It has infiltrated the normal working environment without making a fuss. AI's role in a changing world of…
When politics, Institutions and interests overshadow public welfare
PESHAWAR - Having spent a major part of my professional life in journalism, I have had the opportunity to closely observe and examine the country’s political, administrative, legal and social affairs.Over the years, journalism has provided…
Beyond the bar: The Safdar-Bhoon clash
At first sight, the increasingly public confrontation between Capt ( Retd) Muhammad Safdar and senior lawyer Ahsan Bhoon appears to be another particularly heated episode of Pakistani bar politics. Perhaps that is all it is. But politics is…
Autism, Legal Voids, Inheritance Rights, and Social Integration in Pakistan
Autism Spectrum Disorder is perhaps the most complex, poorly understood, and historically marginalized neurodevelopmental disorder in present-day Pakistan. Whereas industrialized nations have taken more than fifty years to develop a…
