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A questionable census

By Dr Nasra M Shah Published in Business Recorder on August 15, 2023 On 5th August, the Council of Common Interests unanimously approved the results of the 7th Population Census of Pakistan, and immediately received a note of thanks from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the architect of the Census. In May 2023, Pakistan was declared […]

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Breaking from the past

By Maleeha Lodhi Published in Dawn on August 14, 2023 PAKISTAN celebrates the 76th anniversary of its independence today in an environment of political uncertainty and economic fragility. It confronts multiple, interconnected challenges which have, over the decades, been feeding off and reinforcing each other in an unbroken cycle. They include the structural crisis of the economy,[…]

Era of global boiling

By Memoona Qazi Published in The News on August 14, 2023 The UN secretary-general recently spoke on the tragedies of climate change at the UN headquarters, warning that the Earth is now past the age of global warming and that we are now facing the era of “global boiling”. Around the world, scientists have raised much concern[…]