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The eerie scenes from the ‘Terminator’ movie franchise, where ruthless machines rule a post-apocalyptic world, have long captured our imagination....
Half of the world’s population is under 30 years old, mirroring a similar trend in Pakistan, where 64 per cent of the population falls within this...
Instead of keeping cash, depositors prefer to continue storing their money in banks despite nominal associated fees, if any. This trend has been...
For the first time ever, many of us are not just apprehensive but frightened about the future of Pakistan. Daily survival is getting harder and...
The attacks on the 7th National Finance Commission Award continue relentlessly, even though all the technical arguments forwarded by apologists of...
Although Narendra Modi is in a good position to become the prime minister of India for the third time, astrologists are of the view that the...
An innovative economic solution to Pakistan's grave problems is the implementation of full reserve banking. The proposed system seeks to eliminate...
The global economy has gone through multiple stages of development – from laissez-faire to neoliberalism, passing through the socialist concept...
Following the recent approval by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board to release the final tranche of SDR828 million (approximately...
There is no globally agreed definition of the term ‘smaller states’ in international affairs. While it generally refers to those states that have...
Pakistan’s significant debt servicing problem can be resolved through full reserve banking, eliminating high inflation, huge government domestic...
“Old boys protest after Aitchison College governors in Lahore say they will no longer support sons of the rich and powerful” (for admission). This...
I am humbled by the trust bestowed upon me by the people of our great province by giving me the mantle of leadership in the Punjab Assembly. With...
Prof Fred Hayward, an eminent US education expert, recently published a book titled ‘Transforming Higher Education in Asia and Africa’. One...
The recent hype and chaos around net-metering and the roof-top solar taxation fiasco has brought the power sector of Pakistan to the brink of...
As Pakistan tackles an escalating wheat supply crisis amid a threatened nationwide protest by farmers from Friday (May 10), a chronic pattern is...
Peace and security are basics for any society to prosper. The purpose of modern states is to ensure safety for everyone irrespective of their...
Effective governance is a key factor for establishing public trust for any political democratic dispensation and governments ensure it through...
I wrote about the CAR framework last month and posited that governance has become much more challenging because ‘capability’, ‘accountability’...