PAKISTAN’S ranking on the Human Development Index (HDI) in 2018, based on 2017 data, is 150th out of 189 countries. India (130th), Bangladesh (136th) and Nepal (149th) are ahead of us. Sri Lanka, ranked 76th, is the star performer of the region. These are...

A Preliminary Foray into CSOs Working on Child Abuse Maryam S. Khan & Dania Mukhtar In January 2018, when the abduction, rape and murder of Zainab Ansari, a 7 year-old girl in Kasur – the latest at the time in a series of brutal...

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Saqib Nisar, is on an escalated reform mission. Among other things, he has vowed to transform the standard of legal education in the country within six weeks. To put things into perspective, that’s about as long as...

Dr. Reehana Raza is the former Director/CEO of IDEAS. In her interview, she discusses the background and goals of IDEAS. Can you briefly tell me about your background and how you became the Director of IDEAS? I arrived at IDEAS after having a career...

In the budget speech for FY 2013-14 the newly elected Finance Minister had promised to resolve the circular debt crisis within sixty days. The first of the series of the installments, worth Rs. 326 billion to resolve the circular debt, was released after eighteen...