Ahmed Pirzada
The writer is Chairperson of Economic Advisory Group, Pakistan; Senior Lecturer in Economics,
University of Bristol; and, Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK.
Opinion
Labour Productivity In Pakistan: Why Are We Falling Behind?
This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here. The scale of the economic challenge we as a nation face is best summarised by Figure 1. While labour productivity in Pakistan only increased by...
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News
Baloch Sit-In Against Enforced...
The Baloch activists and heirs of missing persons, who had been protesting against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings outside...
Human Rights
Pashtun Rights Activist Manzoor...
Quetta - Manzoor Pashteen, the founder of the ethnic rights group Pashtun Tahafuzz Movement (PTM), was arrested by the...
Human Rights
Veteran Activist Ismat Shahjahan...
Islamabad police arrested and assaulted veteran leftist activist Ismat Raza Shahjahan along with scores of people for their protest...
Urdu
بلوچ وائس فار جسٹس...
بلوچ وائس فار جسٹس نے تربت میں بالاچ بلوچ سمیت چار نوجوانوں کو جعلی مقابلے میں ماورائے عدالت قتل...
News
‘Stalked, Threatened With Rape...
Gharida Farooqi opened up about the harassment she has to endure as a woman journalist in Pakistan and said...
News
‘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
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Human Rights
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Human Rights
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Extremism watch
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