Protest by workers against Human Smugglers which resulted in the tragic loss of life of large number of Pakistanis and families and children as boat carrying them sank off the Greek coast

By Almazia Shahzad Published in The News on October 24, 2024 A new important piece in the legal domain of Pakistan’s public finance management system is the National Fiscal Pact (NFP), which reportedly all four provinces have now signed onto. The pact will be governed by a Memorandum of Understanding, in contrast to the constitutionally binding National […]

By Amna Nasir Zaman Published in The News on October 04, 2024 Pakistan’s education sector is a flagrant reflection of the country’s entrenched socio-economic and gender disparities, with low budgetary allocations further widening the divide. Despite pledges of education emergency and pressures from global bodies to increase education budget to 4 percent of the GDP, it continues[…]