In July this year, the outgoing federal cabinet approved a 25.5 per cent increase in the base electricity tariff. The decision’s impact resulted...
Earlier this month, on July 11, the world commemorated World Population Day. To mark the occasion, the Supreme Court hosted a conference to...
In Pakistan, polarization and rhetoric are at their peak and many conflicts abound whilst a terrifying brain drain and flight of capital are...
The welfare component in the budget must be viewed in the context of the prevailing economic situation in the country, which has brought immense...
While politicians and economists debate on talk shows and twitter over the inevitability or impossibility of a potential default, millions of...
I hope that the situation Pakistan is currently witnessing will be the worst it gets, with no further escalation. We were already facing a crippling...
Wheat has been in the spotlight lately for two reasons: news of a bumper crop and, that notwithstanding, fears of impending shortage due to hoarding...
The 2022 monsoon season “on steroids” left in its wake widespread destruction, submerging one third of the country under water, with over half...
The interim governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have recently launched a free atta initiative. Rs53 billion worth of free atta is meant to...
While headlines are dominated by the politics of power, a significant proportion of the country’s population is struggling to put food on the...
For 42 street vendors in 1-10 Islamabad, February 3 was supposed to be like any other workday. They were to set up their stalls and prepare for a...
The cabinet has approved the ‘Inter-Governmental Commercial Transactions Ordinance, 2022’ which gives the federal government sweeping powers to...
Each year, Pakistan spends billions of rupees in untargeted federal and provincial subsidies across sectors. Much of these government transfers are...
The government has signaled a policy intent to reverse a decision, which was taken in 2019, under the Ehsaas Governance and Integrity Policy through...
Since 1967, which is when the first national nutrition survey was carried out in Pakistan, trend lines tracking nutrition outcomes have failed to...
This week, the Ehsaas Taleemi Wazaif App has been made available on Google Play store. Through this App, anyone, anywhere can register students of...
Last week, we officially concluded door-to-door data collection for Ehsaas’ National Socioeconomic Survey. This extensive data collection exercise...
The Ehsaas Rashan Riayat Program has been fast-tracked for implementation as one of the policy responses to address the recent wave of food...
As the latest increase in cases of Covid-19 appear to be dropping and vaccines, which are key to us and the world to get through the acute stage of...
In 2017, I was a candidate to become the next director-general of the World Health Organization. At the 70th World Health Assembly, I stood before...
