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NovDr Nasra Shah participated in the Hybrid Global Conference on “Building Thriving Communities: Promoting Brain and Mental Health”, Nov 3 – 5, 2025 at the Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
The conference brought together a wide range of experts focusing on diverse aspects of brain and mental health. Dr. Shah participated in the theme that focused on “Mental health journeys of young migrants’ performance” and made a presentation on “International Migration from Pakistan and Mental Health Issues”. The session highlighted […]
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NovCOP-out
By Huma Yusuf Published in Dawn on November 24, 2025 ANOTHER COP, another blow to the planet. The annual UN conference increasingly seems a ritual designed to accept planetary demise rather than an opportunity to course-correct. For Pakistan, this year’s COP has highlighted the challenges of juggling realpolitik with managing[…]
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NovExports stagnant despite rupee fall
By SHAHRAM HAQ Published in The Express Tribune on November 16, 2025 LAHORE: For years, Pakistan has relied on traditional levers like currency depreciation and energy subsidies to stimulate exports. Yet despite multiple rounds of rupee devaluation, the country’s export earnings have largely stagnated. According to an empirical analysis by[…]
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NovPoverty puzzle
By Rashid Amjad Published in Dawn on November 14, 2025 THE recent World Bank Pakistan Development Update, released at the end of October 2025, claims that poverty fell in 2024-25. This assertion raises troubling questions, especially since Pakistan’s poverty assessment report, published just a few months earlier by the World[…]
