Pakistan today is not merely facing an economic slowdown; it is confronting a dangerous economic direction. The federal government’s total public debt has reached nearly Rs. 78,529 billion — a figure so enormous that it restricts fiscal independence and weakens national decision-making. A major portion of national revenue is now consumed in debt servicing alone,...
Multan, (TW News) — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Agriculture Multan (MNSUAM) have signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) to implement a WaPOR-based study on Water Budgeting and Agricultural Water Productivity Assessment in the Indus Basin Irrigation System, with a focus on Bahawalpur...
Brussels/Karachi, (special correspondent) __ Pakistan – In a significant recent development, Mitsubishi Corporation has formally disinvested its shareholding in Engro Polymer. The shares have been acquired by Pakistan-origin companies, including Sea Green Enterprises, through a privately negotiated transaction. Sea Green Enterprises has successfully concluded the agreement to take over Mitsubishi Corporation’s equity stake in Engro...
Note to Readers — Tarkeen-e-Watan News Around the world, many of the challenges faced by societies — particularly in developing countries — cannot truly be understood unless we first understand the systems behind them. One of the most important of these is money and capital: how it is created, who controls it, and how it...
In 2025 alone, nearly 4,000 medical doctors left Pakistan to work abroad — the highest number ever recorded in a single year, according to analysis based on Bureau of Emigration data. This alarming exodus comes at a time when the country’s healthcare system is already under severe strain. With a population exceeding 240 million, Pakistan...
For decades, Pakistan has relied on a single centralized competitive examination as the primary gateway to its higher civil services. Conceived during the colonial administrative framework, the system was originally meant to produce a small group of generalist officers who would maintain law and order and manage routine revenue administration. At that time the state...
New Delhi, (TW News) __ After spending nearly six years in custody, senior journalist and human rights activist Gautam Navlakha has returned to New Delhi. Speaking after his release, Navlakha reaffirmed his position on Kashmir, stating, “I stand by what I wrote on Kashmir. My views are based on experience, and I have no regrets.”...
KARACHI, (TW News) — Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan, Jameel Ahmad, has urged commercial banks to significantly expand agricultural lending, particularly targeting small farmers and underserved regions, while strengthening digital delivery channels to ensure sustainable growth in the farming sector. He was speaking at a meeting of the Agricultural Credit Advisory Committee (ACAC)...
An economy does not collapse in a single day. It weakens gradually, sometimes silently, until the consequences become painfully visible in the daily lives of ordinary citizens. Pakistan today is not merely facing inflation or currency depreciation; it is confronting the symptoms of a structurally broken economic system — one in which production declines, industries...
ISLAMABAD, (TW News) __ A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Water Resources and the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education on Monday to strengthen cooperation in the water sector between Pakistan and the Netherlands. The agreement aims to enhance the capacity of professionals from the Ministry and its affiliated organizations...
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