Clifton is an upscale and historic seaside locality in Karachi, Pakistan. It is one of the most affluent parts of the city, with some of Karachi’s most expensive real estate. It is home to several foreign consulates, while its commercial centres are amongst the most high-end in Pakistan, with a strong presence of international brands. […]
Putting The Current Pandemic Into Global Perspective
The escalation of the number of infected and dead caused by corona virus are accompanied by growing restrictions for the public are bound to create panic among our population. Relatively new terms like ‘pandemic‘ or ‘quarantine’ are new for many and details of their meaning have not been properly explained to the larger public with […]
Pakistan in Davos 2020 — for the 19th time!
The three days of presenting Pakistan to the international community that gathered at Davos are over. As for many years beforeit has been a very busy three days with the organizers who have worked endlessly before and during the event, exhausted but happy. Depicted negatively in international mediaPakistan has presented itself again in a more […]
Pakistan in Davos 2020
This year the 50th World Economic Forum takes place in Davos, Switzerland. Business tycoons and managers, leading politicians, media representatives and social workers since 1970 are gathering in the small Swiss village of Davos, Graubünden to ‘improve the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, […]
CPEC: boon for Pakistan?
The Chinese-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which was announced during the state visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan in April 2015, is, by far, the largest foreign investment project in Pakistan. It comprises of plans to construct diverse infrastructure connections–roads, railway lines, pipelines and air connections–between China’s Western province of Xinxiang and Pakistan’s […]
Davos is not a waste of public money!
Founded in 1971 by German economist and entrepreneur Klaus Schwab, the World Economic Forum (WEF) is a not-for-profit organization that gained formal status in January 2015 confirming its role as an International Institution for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum’s mission is “committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other […]