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Shortcuts to nowhere

By Khurram Husain Published in Dawn on August 03, 2023 SEEKING ways to get around the crucial reform agenda the country has to implement, in order to escape its regular cycles of boom and bust, is as old a reflex as the reform agenda itself. For more than three decades it has been known that the country […]

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Will this IMF lifeline be any different from the others?

By Faraz Ahmed Published in The Express Tribune on July 31, 2023 KARACHI: Last year in August, I wrote about “IMF Deals Sans Political Stability.” After a year of painful struggle, we have finally secured a Standby program from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), but political chaos continues to loom large. In our longstanding relationship with the[…]

AI in education: need for digital literacy

By Zahra Mughis Published in The News on July 31, 2023 ChatGPT isn’t a buzzword. It’s much more than a shiny new toy having its hype phase. It is a disruption. And what the conventional education systems, particularly the higher education system, like the least are disruptive toys. Why? Because disruption breaks conventions. It finds its way[…]