Dr Pervez Tahir
The writer is a political economist with a PhD from Cambridge. He served as the Chief Economist at the Planning Commission of the Government of Pakistan. He is presently a columnist at Express Tribune.
Opinion
To Fix The Economy, Pakistan Must Learn To Save And Invest
This article is part of a series titled “Is there a way forward for Pakistan?” Read more about the series here. The Achilles heel of Pakistan’s economy is the failure to institute stable and sustained economic growth. There is a mad rush to growth for a...
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News
In Gaza, Desperate Residents...
The Gaza Strip's inhabitants are increasingly desperate as Israeli air raids continue and a ground attack appears imminent. With...
Features
People Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
The protests are being held in a number of cities across the province, with protesters demanding that the...
News
In Landmark Judgement, Supreme...
In a landmark judgement authored by Justice Ayesha Malik, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has ruled that gender-based discrimination...
News
Women Can Seek Dissolution...
Expanding the scope of an earlier Supreme Court ruling allowing women to seek dissolution of marriage on account of...
News
Amnesty International Urges Pakistan...
Amnesty International has called on Pakistani authorities to end the "arbitrary detention" of a Baloch woman in Counter Terrorism...
Balochistan
The Latest Baloch Uprising...
The atrocities inflicted on the Baloch people, including the disappearance of Baloch students, human rights activists, educators, professionals, and...
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Opinion
Cholistan Farmers’ Longstanding Struggle for Land and Water Rights Remains Overlooked
Cholistan, a vast desert in Pakistan’s Punjab province, covers an area of 6.6 million...
News
Minor Christian Boy Jailed for Blasphemy in Sargodha Despite Juvenile Status
SARGODHA, PAKISTAN: A teenage Christian boy in Sargodha has been in prison on blasphemy...
News
Taliban, ISIS Fuelled The Sectarian Clashes in Parachinar, Says Ex-MNA
Clashing tribes in the restive Kurram district of Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province finally signed a...
Opinion
How Pakistan’s Peripheries Dissented in 2024
In 2024, democracy in Pakistan suffered setbacks on many fronts. Among these setbacks was...