Zahid Maqsood Sheikh

CARVING Value: Pakistan’s Stone and Mineral Economy is a timely contribution to the discourse on Pakistan’s natural resource potential and economic transformation. The book examines…

THE renewed debate over creating more provinces in Pakistan reflects genuine public frustration with weak services, distant decision making and unequal development. But the discussion…

  PAKISTAN needs a permanent national policy of reconciliation and Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Balochistan should be among the first places where it is…

  A generation that was once told to remain patient, work hard and wait for its opportunity has discovered a new language of resistance. In…

A good tax system is not only about collecting revenue. It is also about building trust between citizens, businesses and the government. People are more…

THROUGHOUT human history, wars have brought destruction, suffering and loss on a massive scale. Millions of people have lost their lives, economies have been damaged…

Pakistan possesses a highly diverse geological landscape, rich in marble, granite, limestone, gemstones, industrial minerals and strategically important critical minerals. In the emerging global resource…

Pakistan may not lift the trophy, but its craftsmanship has been part of football’s greatest moments. When millions of football fans around the world gather…

EVERY day, millions of voices clash and echo across social media. What began as a space for connection and creativity has become a battleground of…

  THE Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America with Pakistan serving as formal…