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Whatever it takes February 23, 2021 Recent agriculture data is concerning enough to send chills up ones spine. The food import bill is up a massive 52 percent for July 2020 to January 2021, compared to the same period last year. It presents a formidable amount of $4.64 billion in just seven months. Spending on import of cotton has increased by a whopping 266 percent to $0.7 billion in the same period. On the other hand, export earnings of basmati rice have fallen by more than 31 percent to ju...

NFC Award and K-P woes The realisation of the goals set in the budget depends upon the timely release of those revenues The writer is a practising lawyer. He holds PHD in Political Science and heads a think-tank ‘Good Governance Forum’. He can be reached at [email protected] Societies and states provide mechanisms for resolution of conflicts. Modern states perform such functions through institutions, as defined in the Constitution. Similarly, under Article 160 of the Constitution of Pakist...