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 Amin Ahmed Published in Dawn on November, 09, 2026 ISLAMABAD: Increasingly frequent and severe heatwaves in Punjab’s rain-fed rural areas are disrupting agricultural production, reducing household incomes and worsening food insecurity, particularly among women and vulnerable communities, according to a report by United Nations (UN) agencies. The assessment “Extreme Heat and Agriculture”, was published jointly by […]
By Rabiya Javeri Agha Published in Dawn on October, 27, 2026 FARID left his home in Narowal in search of a better future. A local agent charged him Rs800,000, promising him a well-paid job abroad. What awaited him, however, was nothing he could have imagined. For two years, he says, he was held in a prison-like compound[…]
