Enrolment drive
By Rashid Amjad Published in Dawn on May 10, 2024 IN a promising albeit familiar declaration, the prime minister has announced a four-year “education emergency” to eradicate the blight of illiteracy and bring millions of out-of-school children into the classroom fold. While many governments have come and gone and such […]
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MayGrapes of wrath
By Rashid Amjad Published in Dawn on May 09, 2024 HOW I would like to live in the dream world of the neoliberal economist, in which markets are left to determine the exchange rate, where prices of wheat are left to market forces, where consumers are indifferent to eating imported[…]
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MayEyeing $8bn commitment, Pakistan starts fresh talks with WB
By Mehtab Haider Published in The News on May 07, 2024 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has kickstarted fresh negotiations with the World Bank (WB) for four-year Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) policy framework with the expectations that the Washington-based lender might commit $8 billion for major priority areas. The CPS might cover from[…]
Weathering the storm
Published in Dawn on April 29, 2024 THE year 2023 is a sobering reminder of the tumultuous relationship Asia has with climate change and how this change appears to be gaining momentum each year. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, Asia bore the brunt of climate and weather disasters last[…]
