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Feb

Restructuring debt

By Shahid Kardar Published in Dawn on February 07, 2024 THE future servicing of external and domestic debts has become a huge undertaking, having crimped our ability to even fund operational expenditures. The reason for this concern is not just because of the enormity of the task, as shown below, but also because the IMF, which continues […]

01

Feb

Technology needs context

By Zahra Mughis Published in The News on January 25, 2024 Providing free laptops or tablets to schools or learners won’t address the systemic educational inequalities in the country. Technology, by design, does not alter the fundamentals because its use and impact are contextual. It is the strategic adoption of technology that enables inclusion, benefiting the otherwise[…]

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Jan

Expanding job frontiers: Pakistanis to benefit from new Qatar pacts

By Ayaz Akbar Yousafzai Published in The News on December 24, 2023 Islamabad and Doha signed key agreements to bolster job opportunities for Pakistanis during the three-day official visit of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Jawad Sohrab Malik to Qatar. The move was made by signing several agreements and[…]