Manzoor Ahmad
The writer is currently an arbitrator for World Trade Organization (WTO) trade disputes. Previously he has worked as Pakistan’s ambassador to WTO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) representative to the United Nations at Geneva.
Opinion
Raising Pakistan’s Exports: The Way Forward
This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?" Read more about the series here. The rise of hyper-globalization in the early 1990s marked a new era of worldwide economic interconnectedness. Pakistan made some timid attempts at reform during...
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Parachinar Siege: 29 Children...
PARACHINAR, PAKISTAN: The restive border town of Parachinar is facing a humanitarian crisis due to the current blockade of...
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‘Missing’ Baloch Journalist Has...
The family of Baloch journalist and activist Abid Mir, who was earlier reported to have gone “missing” from Islamabad,...
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Top Supreme Court Judges...
Amid simmering tensions between top Supreme Court judges over Chief Justice of Pakistan Umer Ata Bandial’s discretionary powers, senior...
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If Pakistan’s Ruling Elite...
This article is part of a series titled "Is there a way forward for Pakistan?". Read more about the...
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Finance Minister Declares Critics...
As the rupee slumped to a historic low of 285.09 against the dollar, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday...
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Family Of Baloch Woman...
The family of a Baloch woman, who was allegedly abducted by the law enforcers last month from her home...
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Human Rights
Pakistan’s Civic Freedoms Deteriorate Amid Crackdown on Dissent: Report
ISLAMABAD - Civic freedoms in Pakistan have deteriorated amid a widening crackdown on activists,...
Human Rights
Pakistan Police Arrest 17 at Islamabad Aurat March on Women’s Day
Police arrested 17 organizers and participants of the annual Aurat March in Islamabad on...
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...