SDPI’s annual development moot begins from Dec 3
Policymakers, researchers and game changers from 22 countries will brainstorm on issues related to economy, trade, education, pollution, water management, emerging
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Economy
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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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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Opinion: Imran Khan — one year of stumbling ineptitude
Prime Minister Imran Khan promised to provide relief to citizens when he came to power last year, but his government
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,
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Pakistan Day: a reflection on past, present and future
Five books that students, scholars, academics and researchers who are interested in contemporary Pakistan should read, recommends Dr Ammar Ali
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Relating Marx and Hegel in Hunza
Do we want recognition or should we focus on ending our growing social marginalization and economic inequality? Sultan Abbas Outsiders
Read MoreWhy Bangladesh overtook Pakistan
Pervez Hoodbhoy BANGLADESH is not some Scandinavian heaven. It is poor and overpopulated, undereducated and corrupt, frequented by natural catastrophes,
Read MoreA ‘Golden Age’ no more? What 2019 will bring for Turkmenistan
The name of the official news site of the government of Turkmenistan expresses what might be the closest thing to
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Dragon’s tender hug: Prosperity discourse and China’s soft power in Kazakhstan
In this presentation, Daniyar Kosnazarov analyzes the projection of China’s soft power in Kazakhstan, and draws attention to the barriers
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Bank deposits record slowest growth in decade
KARACHI: Deposit growth of the banking system stalled in 2018 despite one of the largest interest hikes of 4.25 per
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