Issue Brief on “Impact of Covid-19 on Economy of Pakistan”
The pandemic termed the COVID-19 (coronavirus) has exponentially spread across the globe since the first case was reported in Wuhan China in late December...
Issue Brief on “Food Security Challenges for Pakistan “
Globally, the
issue of food insecurity has taken the central stage of policymakers. Nearly a
billion people across the world experience the effects of food insecurity...
Issue Brief on “Covid-19 and Pakistan’s Food Security Issues”
The pandemic created severe impediments to economic activity resulting in drastic changes in the livelihoods of people and the situations of food security and...
Issue Brief on “India-US Military Agreement: BECA and its Implications for the Region”
The signing of Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) between India and United States marks the completion of the troika of “foundational pacts” for...
Issue Brief on “Saudi-Iran Rapprochement: Opportunities for Pakistan”
Recent agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore diplomatic relations and economic ties is the latest development in the geopolitical shifts in the...
Issue Brief on “Covid-19 and Pakistan’s Foreign Policy Challenges”
Following and even before the World Health Organization (WHO) formally declared Covid-19 as a pandemic, restrictive measures such as lockdowns have been declared all...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan’s Population Explosion and the Youth Bulge”
IntroductionPakistan is globally recognised as a country facing challenges in controlling its population growth. Its alarming population growth rate of 2.4pc per annum, which...
Issue Brief on “Pakistan at COP27”
IntroductionThe United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) opened on November 6th in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, with the main theme of loss and damage...
Issue Brief on “Nuclear Energy in Pakistan: Prospects and Challenges”
Two critical events have brought into focus the need for clean and green energy sources. The first is the Ukraine conflict and the energy...
Issue Brief on “Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises (SOES) and its Implications for Pakistan”
State-owned
enterprises (SOEs) caused a colossal loss of Rs. 692 billion since 2017 to the
national exchequer due to lack of reforms in these enterprises along...