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FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 23

Energy pricing: Deregulation may be best path forward

In recent weeks, a sharp surge in global oil and petroleum product prices has sent ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 23

Mideast security: how the US-Iran war has redefined the ...

The recent war involving the United States and Iran has fundamentally altered the security landscape ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 23

How to bring back Pakistan’s offshore wealth

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has called upon businessmen to repatriate 20-30pc of their offshore wealth ...
Health/Sci-TechNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 22

TB crisis in Pakistan demands urgent action beyond rhetoric

The latest figures released on World Tuberculosis Day by the World Health Organization have once ...
EducationNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 22

The curriculum conundrum

In a modest classroom somewhere in Pakistan, a science teacher stands before a blackboard, carefully ...
National VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 22

Empowering voters through media

Democracy as a system of governance fundamentally depends on periodic and regular elections at multiple ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 22

Global energy risks threaten Pakistan’s hard-won gains

Pakistan’s economy is showing signs of steady recovery, with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) revising ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 22

FBR’s losing battle against shrinking tax base

Pakistan’s fiscal challenges have deepened as the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) once again fell ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 22

Growth without gains

Pakistan’s poverty situation has come under renewed scrutiny after fresh estimates suggested that the scale ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 22

Rising inflation to push more Pakistanis below the poverty line

According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March ...