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Reforming the civil service

BUREAUCRATIC reforms have become essential, as a critical constraint today on the effective functioning of government is the budgetary and business...

31.10.2024 200

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Restructuring government

WE continue to operate old systems of governance, with the government performing functions beyond what should be its staple role. The trend has been...

11.10.2024 100

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A fraying federation

THE federation is now at stake. The bonds of national integration for a functioning federation are under severe stress. There is anger at the denial...

01.10.2024 90

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Resolving power sector woes

THE task of the country’s population has been reduced to keeping power sector entities afloat, by bearing unaffordable tariffs. And yet the...

23.09.2024 100

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Matters of legitimacy

IN an earlier article contributed by one of us in these columns it was argued that Pakistan is passing through a difficult phase, confronted by...

09.09.2024 100

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Challenges to social cohesion

CONFRONTING a polycrisis mostly of its own making, the state’s governing capacity has gravely weakened and is wobbling between distress and failure....

10.08.2024 200

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Expecting too much

THE provinces have become the favourite punching bag of Islamabad, donors and commentators. They are being chastised for failing to generate adequate...

13.07.2024 70

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Privatising power distribution

A WIDELY held perception, if not an unshakeable belief, is that the energy sector presents an existential threat to Pakistan’s economy, with no...

13.06.2024 100

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Restructuring debt

THE future servicing of external and domestic debts has become a huge undertaking, having crimped our ability to even fund operational expenditures....

07.02.2024 100

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2024: Rocky road ahead

THE most challenging year in recent memory has closed with some indicators prognosticating a nascent economic rejuvenation of sorts. So, what lies in...

13.01.2024 100

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