The shadow pandemic: VAWG on December 16, 2020The call for global action has been amplified by UN Women’s Generation Equality campaign to bridge funding gaps, ensure essential services for survivors of violence during the COVID-19 crisis, with focus on prevention, and collection of data that can improve life-saving services for women and girls. As countries around the world implemented lockdown measures to […]
Masked Diplomacy on August 5, 2020In order to decipher the unravelling of the post pandemic world order it will be essential to assess the post pandemic policies of governments. China first captured the attention of the world through the onset of the outbreak of the virus and later through its aid related activities worldwide. It will be fascinating to explore […]
Spain’s de-escalation plan on June 9, 2020Given the positive progress of the epidemic in Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced recently that the sector should prepare for the summer season, and overseas tourists would be welcomed into the country under safety conditions from July. He also encouraged Spaniards to start planning domestic vacations from as early as June. A country worse […]
Multilateralism and the global green new deal on February 9, 2020Today, the world is transforming at an unprecedented pace, whether by the virtue of the technological revolution, economic landscape, political orders and especially, the multilateral contours of the global policy-making. The powers in the East are making their mark and have secured a place on major political and economic fronts. The multilateralism emerging from new […]
AI outlook: hopes and prospects on January 15, 2020Artificial Intelligence (AI) is considered one of the most powerful technological outcomes of the ‘fourth industrial revolution’. It is anticipated tomassively impactand shape the new world order in the near future. The advanced and modern economies like the US are already taking lead in AI. However, it will be pertinent to assess how developing economies […]
AI outlook: hopes and prospects on January 12, 2020Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being considered as one of the most powerful technological outcomes of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It is anticipated to have massive impacts and shape the new world order shortly. The advanced and modern economies like the US are already taking a lead in AI. However, it will be pertinent to assess […]
The employment enigma on December 24, 2019With the macro-stabilisation coming into effect, it is time for the policymakers and the government to turn towards alleviating the livelihood and social services, like health, education and nutrition for common citizens. Moody’s credit rating for Pakistan was last set at B3 with a stable outlook. The rating agency report has also stated, “Further reduction […]
Challenges of Urban governance in Karachi on November 16, 2019Heavy monsoons, electricity breakdowns, pandemics and solid waste management all pose a grave risk to Karachi’s prospects as a major urban centre of the region. A city, once known as the city of lights, is lately being projected as a city of garbage heaps fraught with poor urban governance and service delivery. Governance failure was […]
Imperatives of child protection on October 14, 2019It is one of the greatest tests of any nation when children are in a state of profound jeopardy. All unjust, cruel and ignorant societies in the past inflicted some serious suffering on children. Whether it was ancient Makkah when daughters were buried alive. Female infanticide was high in prehistoric Makkah as in Constantinople, Athens, […]
Macro-economy, IMF and local pressures on September 30, 2019The IMF mission recently on a visit to Pakistan gave an optimistic prognosis as Pakistan’s economy is recovering and has shown progress with a decline in current account deficit and has projected a growth rate of 2.4 percent. The IMF mission stated that “Pakistan’s economic program is off to a promising start, but decisive implementation […]