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...
The Langar Policy is one of several policies under the Ehsaas umbrella, in its Safety Net category. This policy is being implemented in the...
The Ehsaas Strategy has been released today to solicit public input, prior to its finalization. The strategy elaborates on the prime minister’s...
Calls to create more provinces are once again resonating across Pakistan as the elections draws closer. Beyond the election rhetoric, the objective...
Discussions on e-voting have re-emerged as the election draws closer and the National Database and Registration Authority gears up to present its...
Over half the world’s population is denied essential health services. This means that scores of communities cannot get the medicines they need,...
Governments in countries such as Pakistan – with exploding and rapidly urbanising populations – face increasing challenges to deliver ‘good...
Over the last year, as the global movement for women’s equality and gender parity gained momentum, we saw a sea change around the world. Women...
While they are often in the background, nurses are at the heart of every national health system. They do everything, whether it involves caring for...
As the country gears up for the 2018 general election, it is important to examine where and how human capital development features in party...
Following the publication of my article, ‘The corruption imperatives’ , on these pages, I received several emails asking me to elaborate...
Corruption is now widely discussed and condemned in Pakistan. There seems to be a growing realisation that corruption isn’t just about...
On August 2, 2015, the UN Inter-Governmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals’ process came...
We in Pakistan are slowly beginning to realise that corruption and collusion don’t just take an economic and social toll, but that the...
There is a striking similarity between a country and a child. In either case, someone has to keep an eye on their long-term interest. In the case of...
It has been five years since enactment of the 18th Amendment to the constitution of Pakistan and four years since the end of the term of several...
The drug pricing policy is on the prime minister’s table for the final approval. Three dimensions of pricing need to be segregated: 1) Initial...
