Wuhan spirit breaks down: Will India learn that it cannot have...
In Jonathan Swift's 1738 farce "Polite Conversation," the character Lady Answerall says, "she cannot eat her cake and have her cake". A modern-sounding variant...
Pakistan Steel Mills: Sisyphean story of mismanagement, corruption & court interventions
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus – king of Ephyra – was punished by God Zeus to carry a massive boulder up a hill only to...
PM Imran Khan unleashes a dream: First CPEC SEZ takes off!
During his second visit to China in October 2019, PM Imran Khan had declared that CPEC phase-2 was the next big game and it...
FIEDMC: Flag carrier of public-private partnership in Pakistan
The successful ground-breaking of the Allama Iqbal Industrial City (AIIC), Pakistan’s first CPEC linked Special Economic Zone (SEZ), in the first week of January...
Pakistan Energy Mix: Overview of Gas Sector (Upstream)
Pakistan’s economy is known for its boom and bust cycles prevalent every five years. One of the major causes behind this is the mismanagement...
Implementation of Axle Load Limit Regime: When and How?
“No force on earth can stop an idea whose time has come” – Victor Hugo
On 24 October 2019, the Government of Pakistan suspended implementation...
Pakistan Afghan Transit Trade: New Opportunities and Challenges
Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, in his June 2019 meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan requested later to facilitate the implementation of Afghan Transit...
Malam Jabba – Swat’s undiscovered heaven on a troubled Earth
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Malam Jabba is an unbelievably scenic hill station in the Hindu Kush mountain range nearly 40 kilometers from Saidu Sharif in Swat...
Ehsaas program for the needy
On 27 March 2019, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the Ehsaas program to much fanfare and took one step closer to his promised ‘riyasat...
Constructing 5 million houses a cakewalk for PTI?
A common man who can never think of owning his house is our target. And our second target is to provide employment opportunities to...