In today’s postmodern, ever-changing, and highly globalized world, there are pressing demands for creating more diverse and inclusive organizations. There is plenty of research scholarship available on the subject to propound that diverse and inclusive organizations are far more likely to capture new markets and, thus, outperform their competitors. Although there is an increased focus […]
Bonded Child Labour
Bonded child labor is a form of slavery in which children are forced to work to repay debts incurred by their parents or guardians. Child labor is a dark stain on humanity. This practice persists despite international efforts to eradicate it, accumulated for them by their parents or even guardians. Children’s labor is one of […]
Pakistan’s lenient tax regime offers lowest cigarette prices in region
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan stands out in the region for remarkably low cigarette prices due to the country’s lenient tax regulations for both premium and value-for-money (VFM) segments when compared to India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. “At the core of Pakistan’s tobacco market dynamics is its tax policy, which is notably more lenient than those of its […]
World Bank suggests increasing GDP by taxing cigarettes
ISLAMABAD: Health Advocates have called for immediate implementation of the recent recommendation by the World Bank for an increase in the federal excise duty (FED) on cigarettes. In a press release shared by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), health advocates emphasized that implementation of this recommendation will ensure […]
Need stressed to address significant issue of tobacco consumption among children
ISLAMABAD: On the occasion of World Children’s Day, the Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) underscored the pressing need to address the significant issue of tobacco consumption among children in Pakistan. In its press release, SPARC emphasized the immediate and comprehensive government intervention required to safeguard the health and well-being […]
Chinese Recipe for Fast-track Development of Pakistan
In an interactive session organized by the Chinese embassy, Mr Victor Zhikai Gao, Vice President of Centre for China and Globalization CCG today (13.11.2023), outlined a Chinese recipe for Pakistan’s fast-track development. He advocated six factors which according to Chinese experience are pivotal for making fast-track development for Pakistan. The first factor which he termed […]
What does President Xi think
My finger, amidst the frantic scrolling on YouTube, paused on a video featuring President Xi Jinping addressing a welcome dinner held in his honor by Friendly Organizations in the United States on November 17, 2023. I opted to listen in, curious about the thoughts behind his calm and composed demeanor, even in the face of […]
Knocking at China’s door to end Gaza Genocide
The death toll in Gaza is approaching the Zionist target of 14000 martyrs in place of 1400 Israelis killed, which is now abundantly clear that the majority of the Israelis were killed by Israeli airstrikes to get a pretext to decimate the Palestinian population, forcing them to migrate to other parts of the Arab world, […]
Steering Remittances Right
Overseas Pakistanis are the backbone of the country’s economy, sending home billions of dollars in remittances every year. However, a significant portion of these remittances is transferred through informal channels, known as unregulated remittances. Such remittances sent through methods like hawala/hundi pose a number of risks, including threats to the national economy, the potential for […]
China hopes to encourage Pakistanis to develop superior hybrid rice varieties
Recently, at the edge of a rice field on the outskirts of Lahore, the capital of Punjab Province in Pakistan, Chinese staff from the Longping South Asia Seed Research and Development Center were busy transplanting rice seedlings with local farmers. The center’s head, Long Chunjiu, who has been in Pakistan for 14 years, expressed his […]