Youth, women drive spur social business growth in Pakistan: global poll
By Zofeen Ebrahim and Elena Berton KARACHI/LONDON, Oct 22: From turning organic waste into fertiliser to sharing farm equipment,
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Economy
Pakistan could be left high and dry even if Paris climate targets are achieved
Carly Roth The 2015 Paris agreement on climate change set the goal of keeping global, average temperature rise
Read MoreCAREC countries sign declaration to accelerate cross-border cooperation on energy
TASHKENT Nine countries in Central and West Asia on Friday signed a historic declaration that will accelerate cross-border cooperation on energy
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Under the shadow of ‘new great game’ and new status quo in Kashmir-I
By Ghulam Amin Beg On Tuesday, September 14, 2010, I had written this article and published on the Simurgh Institute
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PTI’s slogan of ‘change’ has proven farce: Asim Sajjad
‘Neither the begging bowl has been broken nor 5 million jobs and 100m houses provided’ Farman Ali Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s government
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The Political Economy of Women’s Liberation
The position of women rests, as everything in our complex society, on an economic base.—Eleanor Marx and Edward Aveling by Margaret Benston The
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Pakistan needs to revamp its foreign policy: experts
Islamabad needs to rethink its foreign relations in the context of a new ‘Great Game’ in the Eurasian region and
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US slaps $5b fine, curbs on Facebook in privacy probe
WASHINGTON: The United States regulators on Wednesday slapped a record $5 billion fine on Facebook for privacy violations in a
Read MoreEconomic crisis and options for opposition
Senior journalist and analyst Naham Sethi talks about the economic crisis and option for Opposition. See video: https://www.youtube.com/embed/baruNE3mca
Read MoreOf debt and war
Dr Asim Sajjad IT is undoubtedly true that Pakistan has been looted and plundered by ruling elites for the best
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Policy dialogue: Beyond austerity
Awami Workers Party in collaboration with Senior Journalists Forum is holding a public dialogue to offer a national alternative approach
Read More‘Bech de!’
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar Many readers will recognise that the title of this column is borrowed from an online marketplace that
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An example to all: Mongolian herders who took on a corporate behemoth – and won
Displaced from their land by multinational mining companies, nomadic herders defied the odds to preserve their heritage for future generations
Read MoreCut in HEC budget, privatization of hospitals opposed
Professional bodies of teachers, students, workers, doctors and political activists reject IMF’s bailout prescriptions, cut in PSDP Herald Report Academics,
Read MoreExperts for sustainable, eco-friendly mineral extraction
Herald Report Experts, academics and government representatives have called for sustainable exploration of mineral deposits and safeguarding the interests of
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