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Opinion

Time to act: 9 cents/kWh

The country faces daunting economic challenges. A shrinking industrial base, a bulging workforce with no jobs to... Updated 15 May, 2024 06:28am

The education emergency

The education emergency
Shehbaz Sharif declared an ‘education emergency’ across Pakistan on Wednesday, the 8th of May 2024. This is in...

Impasse

Impasse
Anniversaries can be of different kinds, some mere rituals, others more than a mere remembrance of things past. May...

An anti-citizen policy?

An anti-citizen policy?
Governments are supposed to make people-friendly and welfare-oriented policies. Citizens should not be just tax...
The power sector - some hard facts
2024-05-11-01-28

The power sector - some hard facts

Among many sectors of fiscal drain, the circular debt of the energy sector is one area on the economic landscape of... Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am
Diverting traffic
2024-05-11-01-28

Diverting traffic

There are suggestions that all the heavy vehicular traffic that passes through main arteries of Karachi be diverted... Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am
The wheat woes
2024-05-11-01-28

The wheat woes

I would love to live in the utopian world of the neoliberal economist, where the market determines the exchange... Updated 11 May, 2024 06:45am
Transforming FBR
2024-05-10-12-45

Transforming FBR

In the light of dynamic shifts in business and advancements in technology, it is opportune for the Federal Board of... Published 10 May, 2024 04:17am
The fault lines of US foreign aid
2024-05-10-12-45

The fault lines of US foreign aid

On 24 April, US President Joe Biden signed the legislation providing $87 billion in aid for Ukraine and Israel, in... Published 10 May, 2024 04:17am
Domestic solar: the way forward—I
2024-05-09-12-44

Domestic solar: the way forward—I

News is circulating that the adoption of solar power on a large scale by well-to-do domestic customers in Pakistan... Published 09 May, 2024 03:11am
Electricity tariffs
2024-05-08-01-34

Electricity tariffs

In Pakistan, it is a known fact that electricity is costly as compared to other countries of the region and its cost... Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am
No-cost expensive motivators
2024-05-08-01-34

No-cost expensive motivators

We have low attrition rates. Retention rates are high. These two claims by the top leaders of a company are big... Published 08 May, 2024 06:43am
The mirage of financial freedom
2024-05-08-07-07

The mirage of financial freedom

The tantalizing promise of “financial freedom” has always been a magnet for the middle class, the unskilled, and... Published 08 May, 2024 07:12am
Uncertain budgetary outcome in 2023-24
2024-05-07-01-24

Uncertain budgetary outcome in 2023-24

The outcome numbers on the fiscal operations for the first three quarters of 2023-24 have been released recently by... Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am
Wheat, wheat everywhere…
2024-05-07-01-24

Wheat, wheat everywhere…

The wheat crisis has thrown up a host of troubling questions that revolve around the persistent wisdom that in our... Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am
PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar the SSP
2024-05-07-02-35

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Dar the SSP

“What do you think of the performance of the Samdhi in Search of Portfolios (SSP)?” “Brings to mind a rather... Published 07 May, 2024 06:05am