KARACHI: The annual budget presentation in national and provincial assemblies has two main features – one concerns tax proposals to generate …
Review: Economy isn’t really better off than it was in 2013
Islamabad: The question many want an answer to is whether the Pakistani economy is better or worse off than it …
Circular debt – a major drag on the energy chain
The crippling circular debt has been haunting different governments since the 2000s. The previous Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)-led government, which …
Pakistan’s export performance is correlated to cotton prices – and this is a concern
ISLAMABAD: Over the years, Pakistan’s export performance has been shaped more than any other factor by international commodity prices. When international …
Water politics: a disastrous recipe for Pakistan
Water conveyance efficiency of Pakistan is 55% and irrigation efficiency is 41%. Almost 45 MAF of water is lost during …
Middle man: The Real enemy of Small farmers
Agriculture sector plays a vital role in the economic development of any country. It is also a major source of …
For two and a half decades, Pakistan’s cotton output remains virtually stagnant
ISLAMABAD: The current government of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has not proved beneficial for cotton farmers as the commodity’s production …
Climate change altering planet natural cycle
Muhammad Mohad Zulfiqar Mother Earth was blessed with a myriad of fortunes. However as we live in our luxurious houses, …
Rising population, state of food security
THE FAO defines food security as: “When all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, …
Fertilizer policy goals
There is not much word out on the policy, reportedly submitted to the cabinet for approval. Whatever little has come …
Farm Truths: Here’s what makes us optimistic about Indian agriculture
It was Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, a German political scientist, who framed the “spiral of silence” theory, which holds that when a …