Pakistan’s maternal mortality crisis demands urgent action
Pakistan remains among the countries carrying a disproportionately heavy share of the global maternal mortality ...
Is Pakistan’s economic turnaround real?
Pakistan’s latest fiscal figures provide a rare measure of encouragement for an economy that has ...
Why Pakistan’s power debt keeps compounding
Pakistan’s circular debt problem continues to defy repeated government efforts to contain it, with the ...
Pakistan’s export economy dilemma
Pakistan’s external sector has entered the new fiscal year with an unwelcome warning sign. A ...
Bridging the political divide: need for a grand national dialogue
In the high-stakes game of Pakistani politics, the rhetoric of dialogue has once again taken ...
Circular debt: Power sector’s deepening crisis
Pakistan’s power sector circular debt rose by Rs61 billion in fiscal year 2025-26, pushing the ...
When the police station becomes a place of fear
The alleged rape of a mentally challenged young woman at a police station in Lahore’s ...
Entrance test dilemma: Gatekeeper or wrong turn?
For thousands of Pakistani students, the race for admission to a professional or prestigious university ...
Fiscal federalism and local devolution in Pakistan
The World Bank has urged Pakistan to revisit its existing framework of fiscal federalism, arguing ...
Economic optimism vs hard evidence
The State Bank of Pakistan’s latest Monetary Policy Report offers a cautiously optimistic assessment of ...