Several silent but formidable forces have been hindering market competition in Pakistan’s economic landscape: monopolies, cartels, and the dominance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). These anti-competitive practices distort the market, exacerbate the price hike phenomenon, degrade product quality, and prevent new businesses from flourishing. This remains a significant barrier to the country’s
Shahid Ahmed Khan, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Arts (PACA) at the John F. Kennedy Centre in Washington D.C., met Balochistan Board of Investment and Trade (BBoIT) Vice Chairman Bilal Kakar and CEO Abdul Kabeer Zarkoon on Sunday to discuss investment opportunities and development prospects in Balochistan. The meeting focused on using modern technology for earthquake-relat
The climate is changing rapidly, resulting in a range of new risks and vulnerabilities for rural people. The sixth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finds that because of human activity, global temperatures have already increased by 1.1°C compared to temperature in the pre-industrial era, and this increase is projected to reach or exceed 1.5 °C within the ne
National security and broader alignment with the emerging world order have emerged as Pakistan’s new priorities, something politicians and the public need to understand, as a delayed reckoning of this reality could be counterproductive for both. The hybrid regime is rolling out several legal and technical measures that promise better governance and ensure the vigilance of Pakistan’s cyberspace
The Prime Minister Office (PMO) and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government have sought clarity from the Petroleum Division over the proposed sale of gas from a field in Kohat without bidding. According to sources, the PMO had issued the directive on January 2 after media reports that a minority shareholder of the newly developed Razgir field had finalised the sale of gas to a third party through neg