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Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: The spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are set to commence with a focus on two critical issues: combating climate change and addressing the challenges faced by heavily…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan needs to swiftly transition from withholding taxes to advanced income tax mechanisms, emphasized Dr Nadeem ul Haque, the Vice Chancellor of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), on Tuesday…

News Desk Islamabad: The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) is poised to introduce its groundbreaking 'PIDE Reform Manifesto' aimed at catalyzing socio-economic transformation in Pakistan. In a significant move towards…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Another devastating incident mirroring the tragic Ahmedpur Sharqia oil tanker explosion in Pakistan, Liberia, one of the world's poorest countries, faced a similar heart-wrenching catastrophe in Monrovia. The…

News Desk United Nations: Pakistan has urged the international community to provide adequate funding to the World Health Organisation (WHO) to assist developing countries in improving their health infrastructures, which are under severe…

News Desk Peshawar: A developed handicrafts sector in Pakistan could guarantee a handsome contribution to GDP, investment opportunities, enhanced foreign exchange earnings, cultural preservation, entrepreneurial development, and…

News Desk Islamabad: One in five people in South Asia are at risk of serious health risks due to a lack of access to cooling and safe indoor temperatures, and it is not a luxury but a necessity for development, according to a World Bank…

Shazia Mehboob Islamabad: While the country is in desperate need of qualified teachers and technicians for its research labs, the Higher Education Commission (HEC), the custodian of the higher education sector, remains unconcerned.…

News Desk ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has made quite substantial progress in immunization coverage in the past 30 years with a 117.6 per cent increase in the proportion of children (ages 12 to 23 months) who were fully immunized between 1990 and…

Ishtiaq Ahmed If not absolutely right, it would not be entirely wrong to contend that poverty, amongst other things, is usually the root cause of many social evils in society. This is no different in Pakistan.  According to a recent…