Power Breakdown in Pakistan on February 9, 2023The government was left scratching their heads when a nationwide power outage occurred. It was the third time the national electric grid had failed since 2021. Globally, Pakistan tops the list of national electricity breakdowns. The list includes Sri Lanka’s national blackout in 2020, and the power breakdown in Southern America in 2019, etc. According […]
Jaywalking on Roads of Changing Climate on January 24, 2023From kindergarten on, children are taught the importance of zebra crossing. Contrary to the zebra crossing, jaywalking is referred to as walking on or crossing a road with traffic other than the zebra crossing. It is a punishable offense in many countries. In the case of jaywalking, the responsibility for harmful accidents lies on the […]
Charter of Climate Resilience on January 11, 2023The concept of resilience is a fundamental feature of mankind. The Cambridge English Dictionary defines resilience as “the ability to be happy, successful, again after something difficult or bad has happened.” Likewise, the Oxford dictionary describes it as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. This term is in the spotlight due to climate change. […]
Fuels for Residential Consumers: Future and Alternatives on January 5, 2023Pakistan’s residential sector is the country’s major energy consumer. According to the International Energy Agency, the sector consumes approximately 52 per cent of Pakistan’s overall energy sources. This tendency runs counter to worldwide spending patterns; for example, in India, this proportion is 27 per cent, in China, it is 16 per cent, and in the […]
From Circular Debt to Circular Economy on December 30, 2022The governments may come and go, but the term “circular debt” is here to stay. With the energy sector facing availability and affordability issues, the exponential rise in the circular debt has alarmed the Prime Minister of Pakistan, who presided over the cabinet meeting on agenda to reduce the circulating debt of the power sector. […]
From Argentina to Argentina Park, Islamabad: Socioeconomic Lessons to Learn on December 20, 2022The year’s biggest event, the FIFA World Cup 2022, came to a spectacular end. Argentina beat France in a penalty shootout and gave their captain a well-earned farewell. Let’s discuss some of the socioeconomic lessons that we can learn from this mega-event. Lesson No 1: Economic and Environmental Sustainability go hand in hand. Modern economics […]
CASA -1000: From Surplus to Deficit on December 13, 2022Leadership is all about leading the way through mainstreaming and implementation of policies for the masses. In this context, Overton’s window is often used to analyse the narrative-building and mainstreaming of ideas. This window is a gauging scale of a narrative from unimaginable things to policy. Pakistan’s development policy also needs out-of-box thinking to translate […]