VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 36 - National

National VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 36

When affordable medicines are no longer available

Pakistan’s healthcare debate has traditionally revolved around a seemingly straightforward question: how can medicines be ...
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The vanishing allure of civil service

Once the ultimate symbol of prestige and power, the civil service is losing its appeal ...
National VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 36

BLA-TTP alliance: A new threat to Pakistan’s security

The recent terrorist attacks carried out by the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and the ...
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Pakistan’s growth trap

The International Monetary Fund’s projection that Pakistan’s economy will grow by 3.5 percent in fiscal ...
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The $40b chasm: Inside Pakistan’s perennial trade crisis

Pakistan’s external trade position deteriorated sharply during fiscal year 2026, with the country’s goods trade ...
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Pakistan’s persistent insecurity and investment potential

Investors look for stability, predictability, and the reasonable assurance that their people, assets, supply chains, ...
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Pakistan’s education emergency: a crisis of inaction

More than two years after Pakistan’s federal government declared a National Education Emergency, the country ...
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Middle East on the brink again

The diplomatic triumph celebrated just weeks ago on June 17, when the Islamabad Memorandum of ...