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Pakistan’s total debt jumps to Rs60 trillion

By Shahbaz Rana Published in The Express Tribune on August 16, 2022 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s total debt and liabilities skyrocketed to Rs59.7 trillion as the nation added Rs12 trillion, or one-fourth of its total debt incurred in the past 74 years, in the diamond jubilee year, thanks to the imprudent fiscal policies and devastating impact of currency devaluation. […]

Mapping the conditions of women and children in Pakistan

By Mahnaz Rahman Published in The News on August 14, 2022 In 2020, the UN Secretary-General Ant—nio Guterres’ delivered remarks on “Women and Power” at The New School in New York: “The women’s rights movement came of age in the twentieth century. Women Heads of State dispelled any doubts about women’s ability to lead. The Universal Declaration[…]

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The gender gap

By Rafia Zakaria Published in DAWN on July 20, 2022 THE World Economic Forum recently released the Global Gender Gap Report, 2022. The report quantifies how big the gender gap is in areas including educational attainment, economic participation, health and political empowerment. The news is predictably awful. Pakistan is placed second last. Out of the 146 countries[…]