National security and broader alignment with the emerging world order have emerged as Pakistan’s new priorities, something politicians and the public need to understand, as a delayed reckoning of this reality could be counterproductive for both. The hybrid regime is rolling out several legal and technical measures that promise better governance and ensure the vigilance of Pakistan’s cyberspace
The Prime Minister Office (PMO) and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government have sought clarity from the Petroleum Division over the proposed sale of gas from a field in Kohat without bidding. According to sources, the PMO had issued the directive on January 2 after media reports that a minority shareholder of the newly developed Razgir field had finalised the sale of gas to a third party through neg
Despite a series of interest rate cuts, a sharp contraction in the large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector further jolted investor confidence in the economic outlook. As a result, equity prices continued receiving massive battering, pushing the benchmark KSE 100 index to drop below 114,000 on Thursday. Topline Securities Ltd said the index settled at 113,837, reflecting a decrease of 659 points
Social assistance is everywhere conditional, and in Pakistan it is no different. Either it comes with behavioural strings attached — ‘do this and we’ll help you, don’t and we won’t’ — or it is targeted, with receipt conditional on being a specific type of person or facing a particular type of problem (think Benazir Income Support Programme [BISP]and the extreme poor). Those who defend this appr
Pakistan is working on launching a $250 million Green Impact Fund (GIF) to channel international commitments meant for climate change to finance green micro and small enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. The plan proposed by Karandaaz — a non-profit firm drawing funds from international donors — came under discussion at a meeting of the PM’s Committee on Social Impact Financing presided over by