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FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 16

The structural reset

Pakistan’s economy appears trapped in a cycle of repetition, where leadership changes but the underlying ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 16

Wealth for the few, debt for the rest

Poverty in Pakistan has surged to an eleven-year high of 29 percent, while income inequality ...
National VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 15

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. ...
National VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 15

Cross-border strikes and strategic dilemmas

The air raids conducted by the Pakistan military inside Afghanistan on February 22, which reportedly ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 15

The salaried burden

As Pakistan approaches another critical review by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), fresh revenue data ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 15

Pakistan’s growing inequality gap

Pakistan’s fragile economic recovery masks a troubling social reality: poverty and inequality are rising at ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 15

Pakistan’s FDI freefall

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Pakistan has dropped sharply during the current fiscal year, raising ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 15

Social justice remains an elusive goal for humanity

Observed annually on February 20, the World Day of Social Justice is a UN-designated day ...
FeaturedNational VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 15

An economy surviving on borrowed money

The government borrowed almost five times more from banks in the first seven months of ...
National VOLUME 21 ISSUE # 14

Pakistan’s food system at a crossroads

A recent assessment by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has ...