White collar crime is defined for the first time by Edward Sutherland as “a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation” spans corruption, bribery, tax evasion, securities fraud, bankruptcy fraud,…
The electricity market is complex; it requires legal, financial and human capacity at every level. It requires healthy participants. We have moved from vertically integrated to the single-buyer model, but so far, failed in developing a wholesale market. There are…
The COVID-19 is changing the world, especially, the status of global geo-political and power dynamics. While discussing the impact of uncertainty in future, most of the people argued that global order or disorder is very dependent on the fear of…
Absence of competitive bidding and non-transparent power procurement process has brought structural rigidity and hindrances to the creation of a competitive market. Generation sector did attract private investment but get stuck in the cost-plus model. Guaranteed capacity payments have increased…
The quality of drugs is a crucial issue in the health sector of Pakistan. We have 772 pharmaceutical firms in Pakistan. In Pakistan, 80 percent of the drugs are domestic while 20 percent are imported from different countries like China.…
To respond to a situation like COVID-19, a reasonably wellfunctioning health services system, technically and operationally is essential. This webinar brief enlightens the role of healthcare systems, its functioning, its effectiveness and related issues based on the system. Further, how…
Circular debt is a power sector deficit; shortfall in inflows and outflows at the CPPA-G. It is because of inefficiencies, delays in tariff determination/ decision-making, taxation issues, administrative and governance issues. It is huge and increasing as there is no…
In this webinar, Dr. Nadeem Ul Haque invited the attention of panelists to the markets, that why our markets are not vibrant? Why are there cement cartels? What are the facts behind sugar, wheat, oil crisis and collusion of Banks?…
Brent Toderian started by stating that although he has not visited Pakistan, having listened to the issues that Pakistani cities are currently facing, he sees many parallels between Pakistani cities and the cities that he has worked in both developed…
