Pakistan’s progress to tackle severe malnutrition among children under five has been quite slow
Nutrition and primary healthcare are areas where massive inequalities exist
Despite differences and recent challenges to democracy, India has made substantial progress in many areas
Any progressive society or government will uphold security so that people can utilize their full potential
There are no consequences for wrongdoings, big or small, which has just encouraged more wrongs
Whenever a calamity hits Pakistan, we listen to the same old arguments like ‘no government on earth could have mitigated the impact of the 2022...
It is tough to be optimistic at a time when the country is in the middle of multiple crises. Some of the enormous challenges faced by Pakistan...
Extreme concentration of income, wealth and political power in the hands of a tiny male minority is tearing our societies apart, depriving...
China has taken some surprising yet bold steps to combat the three major global challenges: the relentless fight against economic inequality,...
Nearly ten months since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic, the coronavirus has been massively impacting health and economic...
The latter half of November brought hope for a world facing the unprecedented public health challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic. Three pharmaceutical...
Absolute poverty is a state of severe deprivation and denial of basic human rights. Hunger and dispossession affect the entire life cycle, keeping...
The current National Assembly and Senate sessions on the Finance Bill 2020-21 provide a rare chance to the flimsy democratic history of Pakistan and...
Before the Covid-19 crisis hit, the neo-liberal economic model with its unfettered market power, free flow of capital and expanded role of the...
Last week, the G20 group of rich countries decided to postpone the debt payment that is due to be paid to G20 governments up to the end of 2020 for...
The inability of mainstream political parties, especially the PPP, to create a progressive vision for the country and deliver on it could have a...
Historically, taxation has been crucial for nation-building and welfare states. After the destruction wrought by the Second World War, European...
World Water Day, which is observed on March 22, passed without much fanfare in Pakistan. Ironically, Pakistan is among the most water-stressed...
