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Electricity tariffs

In Pakistan, it is a known fact that electricity is costly as compared to other countries of the region and its cost is ever inflating, but it is...

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Abu Bakar Ismail

The mirage of financial freedom

The tantalizing promise of “financial freedom” has always been a magnet for the middle class, the unskilled, and the unemployed in Pakistan....

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Usama Abdul Rauf

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Orange a colour that really doesn’t suit women in Punjab

“I can’t understand this obsession with colours.” “Well, some colours suit one skin type and doesn’t another.” “That I understand, what...

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Anjum Ibrahim

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 achievement for the companies. The...

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Andleeb Abbas

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 the Federal Ministry of...

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Dr Hafiz A Pasha

Wheat, wheat everywhere…

The wheat crisis has thrown up a host of troubling questions that revolve around the persistent wisdom that in our governance system, the left hand...

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Rashed Rahman

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 junior position in police.”...

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Anjum Ibrahim

The dumb national electricity policy of 2021

A good public policy is one that addresses a societal problem effectively, is based on evidence and research, considers the needs and perspectives...

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Engr Tahir Basharat Cheema

Inflation expectations: normalcy in sight?

The recent data points and trends suggest that inflation is likely to come down at a faster pace than expected. This is in stark contrast to last...

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Ali Khizar

Palestine and pseudo-democracy in a free Orwellian world

“I am in blood,” Macbeth says, “stepped in so far that should I wade no more,/returning were as tedious as go o’er”. It’s not Macbeth...

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Dr Saulat Nagi

Redemption of the power sector

A host of sectoral lacunas prevailing in the energy sector have yet to be tackled leave alone overcome and the question that is being asked by the...

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Anjum Ibrahim

KSA and Pakistan: transforming ties

Pakistan and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) appear to have finally decided to put their so-called fraternal relations on a path that is expected to...

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Zeeshan Ul Rub Jaffri

Truth and nothing but the truth

Shehbaz Sharif made some honest appraisal of the current governance and economic challenges faced by his government at the World Economic Forum...

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Farhat Ali

Crisis of public trust in governance

Effective governance is a key factor for establishing public trust for any political democratic dispensation, and governments ensure it through...

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Javaid Jehangir

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The best way forward is to show the rattler that you are not rattled

“Social media attacks can rattle anyone.” “Indeed, but isn’t it important not to let the rattler know that you are rattled?” “Well depends...

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Anjum Ibrahim

Playing a prank

A young man played a prank which got nearly the whole nation or at least the city of Karachi involved and in an atmosphere of despondency born out...

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Zia Ul Islam Zuberi

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