It was gone to the Public Gathering at the time these lines were being composed. The bill that was passed yesterday appeared to be a more watered-down version when compared to the draft that had emerged following the unsuccessful initial attempt to squash the amendments. Even the PTI acknowledged that it was “much better” than the initial proposals, even though it missed an important opportunity to suggest changes to the bill by boycotting the voting process. The party’s innovator in the Senate, Advodate Ali Zaffar, was bountiful in his commendation for JUI-F boss Maulana Fazlur Rehman for this ‘accomplishment’, despite…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) output’s most recent reading is concerning. In two months of this financial year (July-August 2024), LSM showed a negative development of around 0.2pc — and in August alone, the decay was a lot more honed 2.7pc. LSM growth was just 0.92 percentage points in the most recent fiscal year, and GDP growth of 2.38 percentage points was primarily driven by growth in agriculture and, to a lesser extent, the services sector. Due primarily to the low base of the previous year, LSM output may begin to recover this fiscal year following the loosening of monetary policy. Nonetheless,…
In a time characterized by the squeezing difficulties of environmental change and ecological debasement, supportable turn of events and environment finance have become worldwide needs. The Climate Policy Initiative’s Climate Finance Report 2023 estimates that the demand for climate finance will rise significantly over the coming decades, reaching $9 trillion annually by 2030. In 2022, the average annual flow of climate finance reached close to $1.3 trillion. New approaches to utilizing resources and mobilizing financial capital in ways that are consistent with long-term sustainability objectives are being developed in response to these difficulties. The incorporation of Islamic financial principles, particularly…
In response, he argues that politicians are compelled by competitive democracy to propose policies that would boost the economy’s performance and public welfare. The well-being of its citizens should be democratic states’ top priority. He asserts that the alternative is either an unaccountable rule or the iron cage of custom, both of which are recipes for repression and stagnation. Three researchers were awarded the Nobel Economic Prize in 2024 for their investigations into the causes of global inequality, particularly in nations plagued by dictatorship and corruption, due to the critical global significance of the issue. For their research on “institutions…
Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a writer of courage and fellow awardee, my greetings. We sought divine intervention that you would be delivered in September, yet the Egyptian government concluded that you were too lovely an essayist and too perilous a scholar to be liberated at this point. However, you are here with us in this room. You are the main individual here. From jail you expressed, “[M]y words lost any power but they kept on spilling out of me. I actually had a voice, regardless of whether just a modest bunch would tune in.” Alaa, we’re listening. Closely. Also, my beloved…
As per a comprehensive most recent report from the World Meteorological Association (WMO), a disaster related with a climate, environment, or water danger has happened on normal consistently for the beyond 50 years, killing 115 individuals and costing $202 million per day of misfortunes. Floods threaten economic growth and cause loss of life and property. In spite of the fact that floods can’t be forestalled, appropriate development and employable exploration could essentially decrease their unfriendly impacts. Flood weakness could be abbreviated through accurate and convenient guaging (guess and advised) and moderating measures. Thusly, understanding environmental change and flood risk is…
I recently had the opportunity to see “A Doll’s House” by Tehrik-e-Niswan at the Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi as part of the World Culture Festival 2024. As somebody acquainted with Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s Home, which enlivened this presentation, I went in with a basic eye, inquisitive about how the variation would unfurl in a nearby setting. My husband, who hadn’t read the original, also came along, which made the experience interesting because it gave me two different perspectives on the story. While I broke down the variation, he delighted in it with a new brain, and…
akhtawar Bhutto Zardari, the oldest little girl of President Asif Ali Zardari and the late state head Benazir Bhutto, has declared the introduction of her third youngster on Instagram. The child, a kid, was brought into the world on October 20. Mir Hakim, her first child with Mahmood Choudhry, was born on October 10, 2021. On October 5, 2022, their second son, Mir Sijawal, was born. Bakhtawar also surprised Instagram users by announcing their births. Her first two children were named after elders from her and her husband’s families, but the name of her third son has not yet…
Indian media reported on Monday that gunmen in India-occupied Kashmir opened fire on a construction site work camp, killing seven people and wounding a number of others. This year’s attack on civilians on Sunday ranks among the worst. Omar Abdullah, the chief minister of the contested territory, referred to the attack late on Sunday as “dastardly and cowardly,” and India’s interior minister Amit Shah promised that those responsible would face the “harshest” response. Assailants designated laborers from outside the Himalayan locale, who were accounted for to fabricate a passage interfacing held Kashmir with the far northern Ladakh district. The Press…
Pakistani legislative issues saw a second “working end of the week” in as numerous months, where the decision alliance at long last prevailed with regards to passing the much-promoted ‘Protected Bundle’ with a 66% greater part in both the Senate and the Public Gathering. The 26th Amendment carries changes to the Constitution, the vast majority of which relate to the legal executive. Removing the Supreme Court’s suo motu authority, limiting the chief justice of Pakistan’s (CJP) term to three years, and giving the prime minister the authority to select the next CJP from among the three most senior SC judges…
