Monday, July 3rd, 2023
Universities as Climate Change Hubs: How Pakistan’s Universities Can Help to Build a Resilient Future
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Suleman Tahir Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change. The country is already experiencing the effects of climate change, including more extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and melting glaciers. These impacts are having a devastating impact on Pakistan’s economy, environment, and people. In 2022, Pakistan experienced its worst floods in history. The floods killed over 1,700 people and displaced millions more. The country’s glaciers are melting at an alarming rate. This is causing water shortages and increasing the riskRead More
10 Wonderful Achievements of CPEC in 10 Years
Irfan Shahzad Takalvi This is the year completing a full decade of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) – the ‘flagship’ and of the most comprehensively moving forward component of BRI, is also completing a decadeof its inception on July 5, 2023. Beijing and Islamabad (Karachi, before 1960s) have had a close and mutually beneficial partnership throughout the past over seven decades of their diplomatic relations. Nonetheless, the advent of CPEC in 2013 ushered the bilateral ties into a whole new paradigm. The first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) forRead More
CPI inflation slides down to 29.4pc in June: Dar
DNA ISLAMABAD, Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said on Monday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation came down to 29.4 percent during the month of June 2023 as compared to 38 percent recorded during May 2023. “As per the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the CPI inflation for Jun 2023 clocked in at 29.4 percent compared to 38 percent YoY for May’23,” the federal minister said in a tweet. Ishaq Dar said the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) had also performed wellRead More