Pakistan has proposed that the World Trade Organization (WTO) establish a multilateral framework on investment facilitation. Seventy other countries have supported the initiative, which will be considered at the next WTO ministerial conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2020. In preparation, a high-level forum was held in Astana on 28 September 2018. Pakistan’s participant at the forum was our Graduate Institute’s Visiting Professor, Khalil Hamdani.
By Khurram Zia Khan Published in Dawn on July, 23, 2026 FOR decades, the world has linked rising population with pressure on resources. It is argued that food supplies will come under extreme strain if population growth is not controlled. As efforts to control population growth have borne fruit, many developed countries now have very low or […]
By Rafia Zakaria Published in Dawn on July, 18, 2026 ONE of the most coveted educational paths in Pakistan is to study medicine. Every year, tens of thousands of young Pakistanis study hard and take exams hoping for scores that are good enough to allow them to study medicine. Only the very best succeed, for there are[…]
