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Let there be real austerity

. Pakistan’s latest austerity measures — salary cuts at state-owned enterprises, a freeze on vehicle purchases, a ban on official foreign travel, and cabinet members foregoing two months’ pay — have been triggered by the fuel shock from the US-Israel war on Iran. The measures are necessary and, in the immediate sense, welcome. But they carry a … Read more

A life of quiet authority and enduring values

. The passing of Mazhar-ul-Haq Siddiqui has left a quiet but profound void in the academic and administrative circles of Pakistan. A distinguished civil servant and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sindh, he belonged to that generation of administrators who believed that institutions are strengthened not by loud proclamations but by integrity, discipline, and … Read more