Amir Jahangir

Amir Jahangir

  • The PFM test

    This representational image shows two persons can be seen holding notes of Pakistani currency Rupee in their hands. — AFP/FileTransparency and...

  • Why DTH never took off in Pakistan

    A view of Pemra's building in Islamabad. — X/@reportpemra/FileIn 2016, Pakistan stood on the threshold of what seemed like a transformative shift...

  • Weaponisation of poverty

    This representational image shows women standing in a queue to draw money from the Benazir Income Support Programme beneficiaries outside Benazir...

  • Television’s next act

    Television in Pakistan is standing at the threshold of a digital renaissance. For two decades, social media and the internet have shaped how people...

  • The war we don’t talk about

    A representational image shows a person preparing an injectable substance. — AFP/FilePakistan is quietly confronting a crisis that has taken root...

  • Tourism’s test of resilience

    Tourists seen at a hilly location in this undated image. — APP/FileResilience has become the defining test for Pakistan’s travel and tourism...

  • Moral economics

    A man counts US dollars in a money exchange shop. — AFP/FileIn an age of economic disparity, social unrest and climate volatility, the concept of...

  • Opportunity or missed moment?

    Docked cargo ships are loaded with shipping containers at Port Elizabeth, New Jersey on US. — Reuters/FileIt is easy to forget that the European...

  • Reviving Naran’s soul

    A general view of Naran valley is pictured in Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on June 28, 2021. — AFP/FileNestled along the banks...

  • Operation Sindoor: the war on civilians

    Locals stand on the debris of destroyed structures at the Government Health and Educational complex in Muridke about 30 kilometres from Lahore, on...

  • Why Kalabagh Dam is not an option

    A representational image of a dam. — The News/File For decades, the Kalabagh Dam has been pitched as the silver bullet to Pakistan’s water and...

  • Parliament and conflict of interest

    The Parliament House in Islamabad. — X@NAofPakistan/FileWhen Pakistanis complain that parliament serves the powerful rather than the people, they...

  • Updating the data ecosystem

    The office of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics . — PBS website/FilePakistan continues to struggle with its global perception, not only because of...

  • A mother called Pakistan

    Children are seen purchasing national flags, buntings and badges from a stall in connection with celebration of 78th Independence Day with the theme...

  • India’s war on civilians

    Indian Army soldiers participate in a war exercise during a two-day "Know Your Army" exhibition in Ahmedabad, India, August 19, 2016. — ReutersThe...

  • Pakistan’s AI moment

    A visitor watches an AI sign on an animated screen at the Mobile World Congress, the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona....

  • Homes against floods

    Stranded people wade through a flooded area after heavy monsoon rainfall in Rajanpur district of Punjab province on August 25, 2022. —...

  • Welcome to Pakistan?

    Tourists, both local and foreign, travel through the valleys of Hunza on December 23, 2019. — Instagram@The Mad HattersIn my previous column , I...

  • Pakistan’s tourism blindspot

    Tourists seen at a hilly location in this undated image. — APP/FileIn the grand theatre of global travel, Pakistan is a well-scripted yet poorly...

  • Regulators at the edge

    Regulators at the edge

    A illustration showing a robotic figure against the backdrop of AI written in the background on May 4, 2023. — ReutersIn the next three to...