Mansoor Ahmed

  • Punjab faces severe water, sanitation challenge

    The representational image shows people waiting for their turn to fill their cans with water. — APP FileLAHORE: Punjab leads Pakistan in water,...

  • Comment: Pakistan’s labour paradox

    The representational image shows a labourer carrying a bag of raw material. — Reuters/FileLAHORE: The government and entrepreneurs in Pakistan...

  • Comment: Pakistan’s labour paradox

    Comment: Pakistan’s labour paradox

    The representational image shows a labourer carrying a bag of raw material. — Reuters/FileLAHORE: The government and entrepreneurs in Pakistan...

  • Clean hands cheapest prescription for a healthy future

    This representational image shows schoolchildren wash their hands in this image. — Reuters/FileLAHORE: Punjab leads Pakistan in water, sanitation...

  • Comment: Our hidden e-waste fortune

    The representational image of e-waste. — Unsplash/FileLAHORE: E-waste should not be seen merely as discarded junk; it is a 21st-century urban mine...

  • Time for transparency and reform

    Representational image of two emplyees discussing something in office. —TheNews/FileLAHORE: One of the biggest flaws in Pakistan’s economic...

  • Comment: How Pakistani spinners lost market share

    A representational image of cotton yarn. —TheNews/FileLAHORE: In 2000, Pakistan was a leading supplier of cotton yarn to major textile hubs —...

  • Comment: Governance gaps

    In this picture taken on April 16, 2023, people throng a market area in Lahore. — AFP/FileLAHORE: The World Bank’s Worldwide Governance...

  • COMMENT: Can rate cut backfire?

    The logo of the State Bank of Pakistan is pictured on a reception desk at the head office in Karachi. — Reuters/FileLAHORE: Inflation in the...

  • Can rate cut backfire?

    Can rate cut backfire?

    The logo of the State Bank of Pakistan is pictured on a reception desk at the head office in Karachi. — Reuters/FileLAHORE: Inflation in the...

  • Why Pakistan’s fiscal contract is broken

    The representative image for tax. — Reuters/FileLAHORE: The foundation of any functional state rests on a strong fiscal contract between its...

  • Fixing our service sector

    A representational image of a hospital ward. — AFP/FileLAHORE: The services sector is the largest component of Pakistan’s economy, contributing...

  • Fixing our service sector

    Fixing our service sector

    A representational image of a hospital ward. — AFP/FileLAHORE: The services sector is the largest component of Pakistan’s economy, contributing...

  • Comment: The high price of unearned favour

    A general view of a government office seen in this image.— AFP/FileLAHORE: In any civilised, rules-based society, discretion is the exception --...

  • Reasonable consultations

    Containers have been held up at Karachi's port as the country grapples with a desperate foreign exchange crisis. — AFP/FileLAHORE: One of the most...

  • Smallholder dairy farms remain crucial to rural economy

    A dairy cow feeds at a dairy farm. — Reuters/FileLAHORE: Fifteen years after the Food and Agriculture Organisation published its seminal 2010...

  • Pakistan’s growth paradox

    This image shows shipping activity at Port Qasim, Karachi. — APP/FileKARACHI: Pakistan’s export performance has historically been shaped by...

  • Brain drain: a national crisis in slow motion

    A worker passing below the board of International Departure at Jinnnah International Airport Karachi. —TheNews/FileLAHORE: Pakistan is witnessing...

  • Pakistan’s real battle is economic

    Pakistan’s real battle is economic

    Two persons can be seen holding notes of Pakistani currency Rupee in their hands. — AFP/FileLAHORE: As Pakistan confronts yet another...

  • Pakistan’s real battle is economic

    Pakistan’s real battle is economic

    Two persons can be seen holding notes of Pakistani currency Rupee in their hands. — AFP/FileLAHORE: As Pakistan confronts yet another...