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Pakistan’s carbon market ambitions and governance gaps

As global leaders convene in Brazil for COP30, carbon markets are expected to command significant attention. This year’s climate gathering is...

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Kashif Ali Raima Mehmood

EU-Pakistan relations

In an age defined by geopolitical upheaval, economic fragility, and a desperate global quest for energy security, the partnership between Pakistan...

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Waseem Iftikhar Syed Ali Wasif Naqvi

The undoing of Modi

The undoing of Modi

India took more than a thousand years to arrive at the conclusion of living in peace in a multi-cultural environment. From being just a...

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Sirajuddin Aziz

Opinion: Absorption of youth

The Prime Minister recently launched the Youth Laptop Scheme 2025. Laptops were awarded to high achieving students at the launching ceremony. While...

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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Afghanistan’s growing belligerence

Afghanistan’s ongoing instability remains a serious challenge not only for its people but also for its neighbours, particularly Pakistan. The...

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Zahid Maqsood Sheikh

Primary balance

Since 2019 the three International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes for Pakistan focused more on primary as opposed to fiscal balance calculated as a...

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Anjum Ibrahim

A new chapter in South Asia

A new chapter is unfolding in South Asia as “Pakistan and Bangladesh Reconnect”. There was a time when Pakistan stretched across the breadth of the...

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Farhat Ali

The saga of e-challan

Traffic violation detection through cameras and subsequent submission to the violator for payment of fines which are in some cities like Karachi...

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Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

Eni deal helps govt save hundreds of millions

Eni deal helps govt save hundreds of millions

In a deft energy-market manoeuvre, Pakistan has transformed an oversupply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) into a financial triumph, securing an...

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Aniq Zafar

Clearing the air

Clearing the air

Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province, has long struggled with severe smog during the winter months. This challenge is compounded by factors...

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Zahid Maqsood Sheikh

From energy debt to solar discipline: a lesson from China

The chronic energy crisis driven by soaring tariffs, burgeoning circular debt, and heavy dependence on imported fuel, demands a policy overhaul....

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Rubina Ilyas

Those who draw salary must serve

Salary is paid against work. Financial compensation is tied to performance of duties. In the United States when the business slows down, workers...

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Dr Farid A Malik

Zohran Mamdani, Neoliberalism, and democratic socialism

‘If Western countries, or some of them, were to abandon their habitual capitalist and nationalist postures and adopt a discourse founded on...

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Dr Omer Javed