This book identifies and analyzes the impact of the various ways in which local people are responding, taking stands, recapturing their culture, and saying ‘stop’ to the violent extremism that has manifested over the past decade (even longer) in Pakistan.…
• What is the content of the RCEP? • How does it compare to the other large agreement in the region, the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)? • What are the RCEPs’ economic, strategic and systemic implications? • What…
1-Should the use of SROs be only confined to formulation of procedures for implementing a tax law/laws?, 2-If the SROs allowing tax concessions were eliminated, would it not hurt those sectors which are currently benefiting from them?, 3-Is it true…
• Restructuring exams and assignments, • difficulties in online teaching+exams, • penetration of technology in educational systems (existing and the need to increase), • internet access issues for students, • Challenges to faculty in shifting to online teaching and examinations
Financing and funding are the most important concerns of the civil sector in the wake of ongoing pandemic of COVID. A number of small sized NGOs rely on lump sum funding from a certain-local or foreign-source, as on-going pandemic has…
To begin by deconstructing our understanding of poverty. To follow this deconstruction by unpacking how the current poverty graduation models are impacting lives and livelihoods, but also precisely where these models need rethinking and need to innovate their designs to…
Management of Public Enterprises (PEs/ SOEs) globally is a challenging task. Large number of countries both developing and developed, have confronted serious issues in improving the performance of their public enterprises. There have been several experiences of bringing these enterprises…
Pakistan currently houses some of the largest cities in the world. It has about 20 cities with populations of above a million. Karachi and Lahore are among the twenty-five mega cities in the world. This rapid urbanization is accompanied by…
All major cities in Pakistan are in the process of reviewing and updating their master plans. Our cities spend resources and time developing masterplans to lock themselves and their cities into a predetermined path of growth and lifestyles. When life…
