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IN an article contributed to a publication of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Dr Ishrat Husain has thrown considerable light on the objectives and scope of the civil services reform undertaken by the present government. All this information needs to be shared with the citizens of Pakistan, the long-suffering victims of questionable governance, who have higher stakes in the reform process than any other party. The public has reason to feel gratified at the statement that the rationale for the reform process “should be viewed in the context of the present malaise and weakness...

Taylor: Making compost, making green Feb. 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Kate Jaceldo and Betsy Gruy (not shown) have made a business out of taking food scraps from restaurants and residents, then using it to cultivate compost.Carlos Javier Sanchez /pixelreflexmedia.com The camera zooms on a young Dustin Hoffman-looking character receiving career advice from an older man about where “there’s a great future.” They’re standing poolside, and the man leans in and whispers confidentially: “I’ve got two words for you, kid. Are you listening?” The recent college grads nods. “Organic.....

The politics of pay, pension and second pensions Top Story February 6, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Under the Financial Rules in vogue since British times, officials who were re-employed after retirement were entitled to draw only a ‘pay differential.’ But during General Zia’s dictatorship, these rules were changed to allow full pay in addition to a pension to the re-employed. Sources in the civil bureaucracy say that even ex-servicemen employed on civil posts were allowed by the Zia regime to draw a second pension after spending 10 years in the civil service. A constitutional petition filed befor...

Taylor: San Antonio's Ron Nirenberg among mayors calling for 'guaranteed income' for Americans Jan. 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Mayor Ron Nirenberg is one of about 30 mayors across the country calling for the federal government to make monthly payments to Americans during the pandemic.Staff file photo The day after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, a group known as Mayors for a Guaranteed Income took out a full-page ad in the Washington Post with the headline “One More Check Is Not Enough.” The group’s pitch is that the federal government should make monthly payments to Americans ...

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