Abid Aman Burki
The writer is an adjunct Professor of Economics at LUMS CNM Department of Economics, where he was a regular faculty member from 2002 to 2021, most recently as a Professor of Economics.
Opinion
How To Improve Pakistan’s Crop Agriculture?
In the late 1960s and the 1970s, the Green Revolution in Pakistan increased agricultural production by introducing hybrid seeds, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides. In the 1980s and the 1990s, further gains were made through the extension of the cultivable land area, mainly due...
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Pakistan: Is there A...
The key lesson from the success stories in Asia is sobering and simple: It is the people, stupid! We must...
News
LHC Allows Aurat March...
After much ado, the Lahore High Court (LHC) has finally allowed the Aurat March Lahore organisers to hold a...
Features
Pakistan’s Persecuted Hazaras Build...
Ishaq Mohammadi never wanted to leave Pakistan, but, when a close friend was killed, he felt he had no...
News
Karachi Police, Protesters Clash...
In another incident of police violence reported this week, the Karachi police clashed with protesters as it launched an...
News
‘Tortured Into False Confession’:...
Mahal Baloch, a 28-year-old Baloch woman and the mother of two, was arrested on February 17 by officials from...
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Dismantling Of PTI And...
Military rule – both overt and covert – has been terrible for Pakistan. Through its mega-sized foundations (Fauji, Shaheen,...
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Extremism watch
Overlooking Homegrown Hate, Pakistan Hesitates to Call Islamabad Blast Anti-Shia Violence
ISLAMABAD - Just hours before a suicide bomber struck the Khadija Tul Kubra Shia...
Opinion
How Imaan-Hadi Conviction Marks the Death of Fair Trial in Pakistan
Last week, a trial court in Islamabad convicted human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir...
Commentary
PTI’s Ambiguous Rhetoric on Taliban Is Dangerous for Pakistan’s Counter-Extremism Efforts
This reporting was supported by the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Lauren Brown Fellowship. Islamabad -...
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How My Daughter’s Trial Exposes Pakistan’s Assault on Human Rights
My daughter, a human rights lawyer, and her husband are currently on trial in...