More than half of all healthcare spending ‘out of pocket’

By Mubarak Zeb Khan Published in DAWN on November 08, 2022 ISLAMABAD: The share of people paying for healthcare expenses on their own, or out of pocket (OOP) made up 52.8 percent of the total health expenditure in 2019-20, up slightly went from 51.7pc in 2017-18, the National Health Account estimates released on Monday indicated. Moreover, people […]

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Race to COP27

By Aisha Khan Published in DAWN on November 04, 2022 IT is the time of the year when countries convene to negotiate roles and responsibility for safeguarding the future of the planet. This year the strident chorus of voices will reach a crescendo in its demand for urgent climate action. In the backdrop of a year bedevilled[…]

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Global economy and challenges for Pakistan

By Waqar Masood Khan Published in Business Recorder on November 03, 2022 The following two paragraphs from the World Economic Outlook, October 2022, neatly sum up the challenges facing the global economy: “Global economic activity is experiencing a broad-based and sharper-than-expected slowdown, with inflation higher than seen in several decades. The cost-of-living crisis, tightening financial conditions in[…]