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The cost of care: Pakistan’s UHC challenge

Pakistan’s healthcare system faces significant challenges, from inequitable access to rising burdens of non-communicable diseases. ...
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White gold, bitter harvest

Over the last three decades, Pakistan’s agricultural heartland has undergone a seismic shift, one that ...
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Cotton in crisis: Governance failures and policy distortions deepen agricultural ...

Over the past decade, Pakistan’s cotton crop has endured a relentless series of climate shocks. ...
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Looming water bankruptcy

The United Nations’ warning that the world is entering an “era of water bankruptcy” is ...
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Why SMEs will not drive growth without deeper reform

Pakistan’s fresh push to spotlight small and medium enterprises (SMEs) feels timed perfectly—right as the ...
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Agriculture: Pakistan should learn from global leaders

Pakistan, with its significant reliance on agriculture, faces the challenge of lagging behind its neighboring ...
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Cotton’s early collapse: A crisis unfolding before harvest ends

Even as the cotton season continues, the warning signs are already impossible to dismiss. By ...
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Agriculture on the brink

Agricultural experts have raised urgent alarms about the detrimental impact of climate change on horticultural ...
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Cotton to cane: How sugar barons hijacked Pakistan’s agricultural future

Over the last three decades, Pakistan’s agricultural heartland has undergone a seismic shift, one that ...
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Pakistan’s agriculture in peril

In the waterlogged fields of rural Sindh, where the 2025 summer floods turned golden wheat ...