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Blue Passports And Inheritance Of Privilege

Nigeria, Aug. 29 -- Pakistan's blue-passport controversy should be read through a short chronology of expanding privileges on the part of militro-judicial-civil complex of Pakistan. In May 2018, forme... Read More


How Our Paltry Systems Fail The Children Of The Poor

Pakistan, Aug. 29 -- "They are in heaven now They were as pure as the prophets, Who came with your message. Why did you send these little souls Only to call them back again? Were they too preciou... Read More


Notes From South Punjab: An Unfinished Struggle For Identity And A Province

Pakistan, Aug. 29 -- Fawad Chaudhry, in his recent appearance on a TV talk show held to launch a public debate and further the cause of new provinces in the country, made an unqualified assertion that... Read More


What Is The Value Of A Life In Pakistan?

Pakistan, Aug. 29 -- Fourteen babies were burned to death in the Mother and Child Healthcare Centre on the third floor of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad on August 26. N... Read More


Pakistan's Digital Divide Is Becoming An Economic Divide

Pakistan, Aug. 27 -- Internet access in Pakistan has stopped being a luxury. It's the gateway to education, entrepreneurship, and a real shot at the modern economy and millions of Pakistanis are still... Read More


Let Dung Cook Dinner And Straw Light The Grid

Pakistan, Aug. 27 -- Pakistan throws away two fortunes every day: the food scraps and dung that could cook its dinners, and the crop stubble and city garbage that could power its grid. What is missing... Read More


Pakistan Stays The Centre Stage: Peacemaker 2026, SCO Leader 2027

Pakistan, Aug. 26 -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to Bishkek on Monday to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's Council of Heads of State Summit (Aug. 31-Sept. 1), sharing the st... Read More


When The Money Moves, What Stays Behind?

Pakistan, Aug. 26 -- The Cabinet Division is where the Pakistani state is meant to coordinate itself. It services the Cabinet, moves business between ministries, and is supposed to keep the machinery ... Read More


The New Provinces Campaign: Has Zardari Silently Set Up A Fielding Against The Establishment?

Pakistan, Aug. 26 -- The debate over the creation of new provinces in the country has once again taken center stage in the political landscape. Conferences and seminars are being held across the natio... Read More


The Fiscal Implications Of More Provinces

Pakistan, Aug. 26 -- A province can be administratively justified and still be fiscally unsustainable. That distinction is largely missing from Pakistan's debate over new provinces. The issue is not o... Read More