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PARTLY FACETIOUS: What actually constitutes the national interest?

PARTLY FACETIOUS: What actually constitutes the national interest?

“Do you think if instead of the Brown Pope the man Who Must Remain Nameless and Faceless had been at the Dubai stadium to prep up our team…” “If...

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Anjum Ibrahim

Climate risk insurance: the missing links

Climate risk insurance: the missing links

Pakistan is bearing the severe outcomes of droughts, floods, and heat waves, consistently keeping it among the most vulnerable countries to climate...

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Dr Muhammad Faisal Ali

Export-led growth and effective tax management: Leveraging Digital Product Passport

Export-led growth and effective tax management: Leveraging Digital Product Passport

As the EU tightens its regulations, many countries view compliance as a mere obligation, but the implications of this can have benefits far beyond...

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Shahid Sattar Sarah Javaid

Striking delicate balance between transparency and dispute resolution

Striking delicate balance between transparency and dispute resolution

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has become an essential mechanism for resolving tax disputes efficiently and cost-effectively, avoiding the...

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Anwar Kashif

Russia-Ukraine war: origins and endgame

Russia-Ukraine war: origins and endgame

Three years after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the advent of Donald Trump into power in the US has upset the applecart for Volodymyr Zelensky...

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Rashed Rahman

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Tarar has the squeakiest voice in the cabinet?

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Tarar has the squeakiest voice in the cabinet?

“You have to give the Brown Pope credit where it’s due.” “OK so the International Cricket Council (ICC) championship is being held in Pakistan, and...

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Anjum Ibrahim

Ebbing of external inflows

Ebbing of external inflows

The release of information recently by multiple sources has highlighted some worrying trends in external financing inflows into Pakistan. The SBP (...

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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Unlocking the textile industry’s full potential

Unlocking the textile industry’s full potential

Pakistan’s textile exports have witnessed an 8.6 percent recovery in 2024, reaching US$17.45 billion in 2024 from US$16.07 billion in 2023, and...

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Kamran Arshad

Washington tragedy - humanity in wreckage

Washington tragedy - humanity in wreckage

There is something uniquely haunting about an air crash. It is the kind of catastrophe that is both sudden and protracted, a fleeting moment of...

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Zafar Masud

Rethinking energy sector reforms

Recently, eight multilateral development finance institutions, including the Asian Development Bank and International Finance Corporation, wrote to...

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Ali Khizar

Periodic table of elements versus Constitution

Periodic table of elements versus Constitution

The subject of Chemistry revolves around the Periodic Table in which 118 known elements are arranged in rows and columns. The reactivity of the...

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Dr Farid A Malik

Only export-led growth

Only export-led growth

Pakistan’s inflation growth rate is clocking below 3% in current months; the dollar is stable; foreign reserves are up, exports are up while...

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Fawad Anwar

Germany election crucial for Eurozone economy

Germany election crucial for Eurozone economy

Softer economic data from the US is hindering recovery and negatively impacting consumer sentiment, which relies on increased spending. However,...

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Asad Rizvi

SOEs burden on taxpayers no surprise

SOEs burden on taxpayers no surprise

Conventional economic theory argues that pursuit of privatisation is to enhance service quality, attract private investment, reduce government...

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Anjum Ibrahim

Beyond the Crash: A Transformation of Spirit

Beyond the Crash: A Transformation of Spirit

The book, Seat 1C, serves as a poignant reflection on resilience and transformation, evoking memories of a tragic event that profoundly impacted...

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Irtiza Kazmi

Access to high quality food

Access to high quality food

The world food systems are currently at risk due to climate change, demanding the creation of creative solutions to ensure long-term food security....

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Manan Aslam Muhammad Naeem Manan Aslam

Punjab CM obviously very diligent and hard-working

Punjab CM obviously very diligent and hard-working

As I walked through the corridors of the Punjab Assembly last year, I was confident that Punjab was on the brink of a new era of progress and...

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Azma Bokhari

Home-grown problems, solutions

Home-grown problems, solutions

The nation is stuck in the dilemma of a perpetual struggle to borrow money to sustain the fragile fiscal structure of the country and attempt to...

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Farhat Ali

Partly Facetious: Now a new war of narratives

Partly Facetious: Now a new war of narratives

“I reckon the war of the narrative is over.” “How come?” “Well the Zelenskyy narrative is being fully and unconditionally supported by Western...

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Anjum Ibrahim

Working with the municipality

Working with the municipality

Working in a Canadian company in Ottawa, Canada, in the early seventies I was so eager to see snowfall. Having grown up in Karachi and never having...

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Zia Ul Islam Zuberi