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While Pakistan is not a major commercial producer of carbon emissions, it is one of the countries that most acutely feels the threat of climate change. It has been noted by meteorological experts...

While Pakistan now has a significant stock of Covid-19 vaccines at hand, the problem is that according to figures released by the NCOC not enough people are taking them up. In the first place,...

Central Banking The Belt and Road Initiative 2021 Survey – The impact of Covid‑19 on the BRI The fourth annual Belt and Road Initiative survey reveals that the Covid‑19 pandemic has disrupted many projects despite China remaining committed to financing the initiative, which is expected to support future economic growth and environmental development. By Zhang Jizhong, Rachael King and Christopher Jeffery Old Nisa, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, one of the first Parthian capitals This article is part of The IFF China Report 2021 The Covid‑19 pandemic had a stark effect on global GDP growth l...

33 Years of Strings: How the Pakistani Band Championed Rock Music in the Subcontinent Having garnered a cult following across the subcontinent, the band hung up its boots last month. Photo: Facebook/Strings While Pakistan was reeling under the oppressive cultural clampdown of President Zia-ul Haq in the 1980s, a revolutionary rock music scene was brewing underground at universities and five-star hotels. Pop rock band Strings, formed in 1988 in Karachi, was a strong pillar of this movement, capturing the imaginations of millions not only in Pakistan, but across South Asia. “Everything has...

Indo-Pak talks — not so ‘quiet’ now The weekend was spiced up by the prospect of a breakthrough on Indo-Pak talks. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, in an interview with Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, said that if New Delhi were wiling to revisit its annexation of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019 — then Islamabad would commit to resolving all outstanding issues. Of course, this statement did not appear in a vacuum. Last month, Pakistan’s Army chief said something similar while calling on both countries to “bury the past” following the joint ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) th...