Eliminating circular debt — challenges and opportunities on August 29, 2018For a government the easiest task is to sign off on multi-billion loans and mega-projects with multinationals. They then choose to work on decade long projects of power generation rather than addressing the demand side issues of the domestic power- which would prove more fruitful in the long run. No matter how much the government […]
Unsung achievements in KP education on August 18, 2018When Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Government took charge of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in 2013, education was defined as a key priority and Muhammad Atif Khan was given this important responsibility. The province was at the forefront of the war on terror with its people riddled with the trauma of terrorism all across KP and neighboring Federally […]
Land reforms to protect marginalised on August 10, 2018Land is crucial to many development challenges across the world. According to the United Nations, 7 out of 10 people in the world do not have access to land registration systems that gives them a clear, legal title to their property. This causes major challenges for poor and deprived communities. We can find such examples […]
Alternative fundraising ideas for dams on August 3, 2018The total estimated cost of Diamir Bhasha is around fourteen-hundred-and-fifty billion rupees. The Supreme Court in its funds’ collection campaign for Dams has collected four-hundred-and-forty-four million rupees in the first month (July 2018). With this speed, we can collect the required funds in 3,300 months or 275 years. Realizing this fact, the honorable judges have […]
Election observers and challenges on July 16, 2018The interest the international community showed in the 2008 elections in Pakistan has, without a doubt, not been seen since then. In 2008, a massive number of election observers came to Pakistan for obvious reasons: the transition of power from the military to a civilian establishment. General Pervez Musharraf, after almost a decade, was finally […]