Women and work
By Dure Sameen Akhund Published in DAWN on December 22, 2021 PAKISTAN is facing one of its worst economic crises, with inflation hovering around 10-10.5 per cent for FY2022, resulting in massive hikes in food, energy and consumer prices. The upward moving trend of commodity prices coupled with a relatively […]
Revised strategic trade policy framework projects $57bn exports by FY25
By Mubarak Zeb Khan Published in DAWN on December 22, 2021 ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet on Tuesday approved the revised Strategic Trade Policy Framework (STPF) 2020-25 with a string of policy measures to promote annual export target to $57 billion by end of 2024-25. This is the fourth strategic framework[…]
Women’s Participation in Politics in Pakistan
GIDS Working Paper No. 06-21 Fareeha Zafar Professor Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDS) Lahore School of Economics, Lahore Anum Sami MPhil Student Lahore School of Economics, Lahore Abstract While the exclusion of women from the political arena results from several structural, functional and individual factors that vary in[…]
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DecNON-FICTION: TEACHING IN TONGUES
By Faisal Bari Published in DAWN on December 19, 2021 Reforming School Education in Pakistan and the Language Dilemma By Zubeida Mustafa Paramount, Karachi ISBN: 978-9692102346 330pp. We have a broken system of education in our country; not many will dispute that. An estimated 22 million youngsters are out of[…]
