Perspectives

Why do Pakistanis like Turkey so much? The bond between Turkey and Pakistan is much deeper than you might imagine. Travelers from Pakistan visiting international destinations...

Mohammad Mudassar Aqil, CEO, Telenor Microfinance Bank/Easypaisa, is an accomplished executive with over 21 years of banking experience in the US and Pakistan with demonstrable...

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (“the Commission”) was established, in October 2007, with the objective to “maintain and enhance competition.” This simple and clear mandate...

PTI's incumbent government assumed office in July 2018 with many tall promises on their election manifesto and obviously, the slogans must have attracted masses to...

Democracy is based on liberal constitutionalism. It needs a well-established constitutional and legal system that recognises civil and political rights, equality of all citizens irrespective...

Could lockdowns be worse than doing nothing? We start from basic principles. Before arguing for or against it, we need to understand the purpose of a...

In a speech made to the House of Commons a little more than a century ago, Winston Churchill spoke of the significance of land, “It...

The rich-poor divide has widened in Pakistan over the past few years. This document tries to examine the root cause of this divide and sheds...

In this time era, where the world being badly preoccupied with the unfortunate impact of corona crisis, where people have been advised to stay confined...

  Dr. Mahmood Ahmad, Visiting Researcher, Center for Water Informatics and Technology (WIT)/Lahore University of Management Science (LUMS) and Senior Policy Officer, FAO Regional Office, Cairo (Retired). ...