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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‘Afghan Taliban Are Still...
Afghanistan Taliban rulers are unlikely to stop their support for militants in Pakistan as they feel the country's deteriorating...
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Human Rights Watch Urges...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that Pakistani authorities are using "excessive force" against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters who...
Election series
Is Imran-Bushra Iddat Case...
This article is part of Dissent Today’s special series on Pakistan’s general elections. Follow the series here. The recent sentencing of...
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Balochistan Ignored For Recruitments...
Almost all the new recruits at the newly-established Gwadar airport -- a joint effort between China and the Pakistan...
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Pakistan’s Human Rights Situation...
The United States has said that the human rights situation in Pakistan under the current government remains a cause...
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Two Madrassa Students Arrested...
Two students studying at a local Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader's madrassa in Khuzdar, Balochistan, have been arrested for raping an...
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