Reading Time: 4 minutes Karachi is the economic hub of Pakistan. If you focus on the city’s urban structure, you can see that North Karachi is built in a completely different way from South Karachi. Additionally, you can identify the boundaries between the living space and the economic zone. Furthermore,…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Around 90% of Pakistan’s enterprises are small-scale businesses, employing 80 % of non-agricultural human resources and contributing almost 40 % to the country’s GDP. According to SMEDA’s annual report, there were approximately two million SMEs in Pakistan in 2013, employing fifteen million people, excluding sole proprietors…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Kabul revealed that Pakistan and Afghanistan reached an agreement last Thursday to take any actions necessary for jump-starting a luxury bus service. The vehicle would cover areas between Peshawar, Jalalabad, Quetta, and Kandahar. Both parties aim to launch the service by the end of August 2022.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Urban flooding has devastating effects on cities, especially cities in Pakistan. The government usually blames these consequences on the severity of monsoon rains and climate change, but these are not the sole subjects of the issue. Poor planning is one of the main reasons for Karachi…
HOW HAS BAHRIA TOWN’S DEVELOPMENT DISPLACED VARIOUS COMMUNITIES?
Investigative reports have revealed that in the past few years, the indigenous communities residing in Sindh and Balochistan were threatened into giving up or using the official term, “sell”, their lands to Bahria Town Karachi (BTK). These communities have looked after, cultivated, and lived on their lands…
PSYCHEDELICS BREAK THROUGH THE MEDICAL FIELD The legalization of medical cannabis in 2018 paved the way for other psychedelics entering the medical field. Additionally, countries across the globe underwent a drastic shift in attitudes regarding medical marijuana. This increased tolerance was followed by a more open-minded approach towards the medical benefits of other stigmatized psychedelics…
WHAT IS THE SINGLE NATIONAL CURRICULUM, AND WHY WAS IT LAUNCHED?
The Single National Curriculum (SNC) is an attempt at reform made by the prime minister of Pakistan to eradicate the inequality rotted within the education system. The prime minister’s approach to rid Pakistan’s education system of existing divisions is based on the enforcement of…
HOW HAS THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY EVOLVED IN PAKISTAN?
Pakistan currently has the eighth largest farm output in the world. Features such as an abundance of rich natural resources across a range of ecological and climatic zones contribute to Pakistan’s high agricultural output. However, the agricultural industry’s share in Pakistan’s total gross domestic product (GDP) has…